Fetterman often criticized Republicans during his first years in the Senate but changed tactics after Trump’s election last year. He recently met with the president at his Florida estate, backed his immigration bill, cheered his Israel policies and voted to confirm some of his less-controversial Cabinet nominees.

Pennsylvania’s senior senator is dismissing fears that the U.S. is experiencing a constitutional crisis. Sen. John Fetterman told HuffPost that his fellow Democrats in Congress and others should have faith in the democratic system and ease off the hyperbolic rhetoric about President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to slash or eliminate federal agencies.