Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) described the upcoming 2024 presidential election as coming “down to good and evil” choices.
Fetterman, who has received backlash after breaking with progressives in the Democratic Party on issues such as the war between Israel and Hamas and the border, told Politico voters will be faced with deciding between “good and evil” and candidates’ “personalities” even amid high inflation rates.
“To me, it’s going to come down to good and evil and personalities and everything about this, too,” Fetterman told the outlet.
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“It’s going to be a gut check kind of a situation where it’s just like, really? Really, really, as you’re going into the voting booth, do we want chaos and somebody that is in three or four criminal hearings?” Fetterman added, referencing former President Donald Trump.
Trump is currently facing four indictments related to his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
On Aug. 14, Trump and 18 other defendants were indicted by a grand jury in Georgia for their efforts to overturn the election results. Trump faces several counts, including having violated the Georgia RICO Act- the Racketeer Influenced And Corrupt Organizations Act; Solicitation of Violation of Oath by a Public Officer; Conspiracy to Commit Impersonating a Public Officer; Conspiracy to Commit Forgery in the First Degree; Conspiracy to Commit False Statements and Writings; Conspiracy to Commit Filing False Documents; Conspiracy to Commit Forgery in the First Degree; Filing False Documents; and Solicitation of Violation of Oath by a Public Officer.
At the beginning of August, a federal grand jury indicted Trump on four charges relating to conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiring against rights, and obstruction of and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding.
In June, Trump faced a second indictment on seven charges relating to his handling of classified documents.
Trump became the first current or former president in history to be indicted after a grand jury in Manhattan issued him his first indictment in March, according to ABC News.
Altogether, Trump faces 91 counts from all four indictments and a total of 712.5 years in prison if found guilty.
“Is this somebody that you want to be their finger back on the button? Or do you want to have a decent and very effective president that has gotten us through the pandemic, addressed inflation and has been a real masterclass of diplomacy with Israel?” Fetterman asked. “And that’s the thing. And if you want to be more pissed off about a $16 McDonald’s extra meal, I don’t know.”