Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) defended the supporters of President Donald Trump on Wednesday night while speaking at the NewsNation Town Hall at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. It was the latest comment from the Democratic senator that runs counter to the messaging of other elected officials in his party. 

After years of Trump and his supporters being labeled “fascist” or called “Nazis” since Trump became the Republican front-runner for the presidency in the 2016 presidential campaign, Fetterman rebuked such insults, claiming that many of his loved ones were Trump supporters and such characterizations were untrue.