The transformation of Sen. John Fetterman’s (D-PA), over the past few months, has been remarkable. The Menendez indictment as well as the Israel-Hamas conflict seem to have been two of the major turning points of what some political analysts have called his rightward movement.

Fetterman also made public statements acknowledging the Biden border crises as a major problem – which his Democratic colleagues do not. He has also scored California’s Democrat Governor. Gavin Newsom has shown compassion on occasion and showed it to Rep. Lauren Boebert and her son when few others would.

Fetterman is not a conservative rocker (far from that). His slams against Democrats and their favorite causes, along with his rejection of the label “progressive,” back in December, appear to have caused tensions behind the scenes. Three of his top communications staffers left within the last month to take jobs with other politicians/groups who are regarded as leftists (read: woke).

Nick Gavio will be leaving the office by the end of the month to take on a new position with the Working Families Party. Joe Calvello was Fetterman’s former director of communications. He left the office earlier this month and went to work for Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson.

Emma Mustion also left Fetterman’s office, working on the re-election of Senator Bob Casey.

Gavio, Calvello, and Fetterman, who were both veterans of Bernie Sanders’s 2020 campaign and Fetterman’s Senate campaign, have only been complimentary about their new positions.

This news comes only two days after Fetterman gave an interview to the most hated left-wing network, Fox News, where he fuelled speculation about a “break” between the Democratic leadership and the Senate.

Chad Pergram, in your brief time as a senator, you’ve sometimes taken a different path than some of your Democratic co-workers on different issues. Discuss how you reached those decisions, which differ from what people expected of you when you joined the Senate.

Fetterman: I’m sure that many people were taken by surprise. You know, I have been saying this for years. I was so committed to being on the side I felt I should be on. No, it may not be popular politically with our base.

It’s not surprising that reports of the sudden departures of the comms teams just one year after their inception sent tongues wagging. Rumors were flying on social media about an exodus because so-called progressive employees became disillusioned by Fetterman 2.0.

Some joked that “the only comms employee Fetterman needs John Fetterman.”

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— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) March 29, 2024

It sounds about right. Sen. Fetterman, come on to the dark side. You’re going to do it.