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John Fetterman is not at the DNC and I gotta say I'm loving his character arc

Senator John Fetterman, in an apparent effort to fulfill The Babylon Bee prophecy, has decided to skip the 2024 Democratic National Convention.

The Hamas kids and their public representatives were apparently too much for Mr. Fetterman. Though he's playing coy here and just going with the "I want to spend time with my kids" approach, which is just lovely.

‘I've got three young kids, and they're out of school,' the Pennsylvania senator said of his absence this week in Chicago, waving off the suggestion that he might not be welcome there. ‘That's four days I can spend with my children.'

John, we know you're just out here making Bee jokes come true on purpose.

Democrat Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has declared that he would vote “from an open mind and an informed opinion” on President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks. ...

“I believe that it’s appropriate and the responsibility of a U.S. Senator to have a conversation with President-elect Trump’s nominees,” Fetterman wrote in his post on X.

“That’s why I met with Elise Stefanik and Pete Hegseth, just wrapped with Tulsi Gabbard, and look forward to my meetings with others soon.

“My votes will come from an open mind and an informed opinion after having a conversation with them.

“That’s not controversial, it’s my job,” Fetterman wrote.