I’m certain I’m not alone in contending that, had you told me in 2022 that I’d be somewhat glad John Fetterman beat Mehmet Oz in the race for Pennsylvania’s Senate seat that year, I’d have suggested you might need to get your head checked.
But here we are in 2026, and Oz is proving to be a stalwart in his current role as Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator, while Fetterman has become the Democrat “voice of reason.” Who knew?
Fetterman joined Maria Bartiromo on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures and, once again, spat truth and common sense — this time primarily on the issue of Voter ID, in the broader context of the ongoing battle between Democrats and Republicans over DHS funding and the SAVE Act.
FETTERMAN: And now me, as a Democrat, I do not believe that it’s unreasonable…to show ID just to vote. And I remind everybody that less than a year ago in Wisconsin, you know, they added that to the constitution by a 63 percent, you know, passing, to put that in the constitution that you have to show ID to vote — and they also elected a very, very liberal justice into their Supreme Court. So it’s not a radical idea for regular Americans to show your ID to vote.
And it’s absolutely — those things are not Jim Crow or anything. Of course, that’s part of a awful, awful legacy of our nation for so, so long ago. But where we are now, trying to find a way forward, just trying to call balls and strikes, seeing what’s unreasonable — hopefully we don’t have to do — and pay the TSA people and everyone, secure our border, and focus, focus on deporting all of those kinds of criminals, wherever they are. That’s the guy that votes for that and supports that as a Democrat, and I don’t ever wanna vote to shut our government down again.
BARTIOMO: Right, right. And you are very much where the people are. Look, that’s what most people would like to see: prioritize the criminals, take the criminals out of the country who are here illegally, but are also committing crime. But, I mean, is there any other way to view the fact that Democrat leadership refuse to have ID to vote — is there any other way to read it other than they want illegals to vote? I mean, can I — can you read it any other way?