Sens. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., and John Fetterman, D-Pa., put celebration politics apart to help the Philadelphia Eagles at SuperBowl LIX, buying and selling of their partisan feud for a pleasant wager with Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan.
The Pennsylvania senators are each Pittsburgh Steelers followers who have been “all in for the birds” on the large recreation. Earlier than the birds might fly Sunday evening, Marshall, who’s a Kansas Metropolis Chiefs fan, introduced the senators’ pleasant guess. With the Eagles’ win, Marshall must put on Eagles gear and owes McCormick and Fetterman Kansas Metropolis barbecue.
“@RogerMarshallMD, you are on. Might the perfect staff win. Trying ahead to consuming some KC BBQ and seeing you sport some @Eagles gear,” McCormick replied to Marshall.
“Gotta cease by @SenMcCormickPA’s workplace to get a few of that barbecue since we’re profitable this wager,” Fetterman added.
TRUMP RECEIVES RAUCOUS RECEPTION AS HE SALUTES DURING SUPER BOWL LIX NATIONAL ANTHEM
Senators Dave McCormick, R-P.A., and John Fetterman, D-P.A., put celebration politics apart to help the Philadelphia Eagles at SuperBowl LIX. (Getty)
Whereas McCormick joined forces along with his Democratic counterpart to help the Eagles, the Republican senator caught a experience to the sport on Air Pressure One with President Donald Trump, Marshall and different senate colleagues.
TRUMP SIGNS PROCLAMATION DECLARING FEBRUARY 9 ‘GULF OF AMERICA DAY’ AHEAD OF SUPER BOWL: ‘ANOTHER BIG WIN’
President Trump signed an government order declaring Feb. 9 as “Gulf of America Day” as Air Pressure One flew over the newly renamed physique of water on the way in which to Tremendous Bowl LIX. After the sport, McCormick stated he spoke to the president about retaining his marketing campaign guarantees for Pennsylvania.
“[I] had the possibility to speak to him and advocate for Pennsylvania to maintain the guarantees we made to unleash vitality dominance, stop the specter of fentanyl from devastating our communities, and convey down the price of dwelling,” McCormick stated.
On his technique to Tremendous Bowl LIX, President Trump signed an order declaring Feb. 9 as “Gulf of America Day.” (Daniel Torok/Chief White Home Photographer)
Fetterman trolled McCormick on-line all through his 2024 senatorial marketing campaign, calling him “Connecticut Dave.” However McCormick and Fetterman have discovered widespread floor for Pennsylvania because the election — on extra than simply soccer groups and pleasant wagers.
McCormick and Fetterman agreed to “break bread” in January, assembly for dinner with their wives to debate coverage for Pennsylvania.
Fetterman has been one in all few Democratic senators prepared to work throughout the aisle underneath Trump’s second time period. He met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and met along with his cupboard nominees on Capitol Hill.
2025-02-10 23:12:00
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