Fetterman under fire as Gov Shapiro pushes wild card senator to 'get back' to being a Democrat

"So, I think he needs to honor that and continue with his service to Pennsylvania, and, hopefully, get back to what he was elected to do and reflect the will of the people," he added.

Fetterman's relationship with Shapiro has cooled since his election. The senator wrote in his book, "Unfettered," released last November, that he and Shapiro "no longer speak" with one another. He wrote that the relationship deteriorated into an "ugliness" from which "we have never recovered."

In 2025, he voted with Republicans about 26% of the time, according to Congress Vote Tracker.

This has left many in the Democratic Party frustrated, including Shapiro. On a recent episode of the "Talk Easy" podcast with Sam Fragoso, Shapiro asserted, "I've got no beef with John" but said, "John's got a lot of questions that I think he needs to answer for the people of Pennsylvania."

"I think there's a lot of people who want to know kind of what happened, why he does some of the things he does," he continued.

"Almost every day now my US Senator comes on this site to attack his constituents and many people who worked hard to elect him. Suggesting that they have 'derangement syndrome' for opposing this administration. You're a mess @JohnFetterman," Kenyatta wrote in an X post.

However, Fetterman told the outlet in an interview, "I'm a Democrat, and I'm staying one."

Fox News Digital reached out to Fetterman and Shapiro for additional comment.

Fox News Digital's Lindsay Kornick and Hanna Panreck contributed to this report.