Editorial: Fetterman, Whitmer feel wrath of Dems for common-sense moves

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer dared to defy the party line last month, first meeting with Trump in the Oval Office, then giving the president a hug when he arrived in her state, and later appearing at a press conference with Trump at Selfridge Air National Guard Base as he announced new fighter jets for the base.
56% : "My job is to do the right thing for the people of Michigan," she told The Associated Press after her appearance with Trump.
31% : Fetterman has broken with his party on some policy issues and was the first Senate Democrat to meet with Trump after he was elected, despite slamming him on the campaign trail.
30% : Back in January, Christine Jacobs, who founded Represent PA, an organization to help elect Democratic women to Pennsylvania's legislature, told the Associated Press the Democrats she was talking to were both disappointed and concerned by Fetterman's dalliance with Trump.
30% : " Those are the only two reasons a Democrat could be talking to Trump -- mental issues or they're being used as a pawn.
12% : Not because of incompetence on his part, but Fetterman is being blasted for betraying the "family" by his collegiality with President Trump.
11% : Their worry, Jacobs said, is that "Trump can say he's talking to Democrats like John Fetterman, but it's not going to change what he does and it'll end up looking like John Fetterman's being used.

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