Right-wing groups have been working with Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania behind the scenes to get Trump-sympathetic voters’ attention, according to reporting from The Atlantic and The Intercept.

“I thought you would be interested in this high-performing Fetterman copy,” Leah Mergener, an account associate at the GOP-aligned firm Blitz Digital Group, wrote in a message.

The Atlantic reported that the fundraising push was signed by Fetterman and included links to donate to his own campaign. The text push also included a message from Fetterman reading “I’m always going to reject Socialism and the anti-American way of life,” and warned that socialists are “hijacking the Democratic party.”

The money is also flowing through Anedot, a payment processing system that is used by Republicans.

This comes after his relationship with the Democratic-aligned digital fundraising firm, MissionWired, ended in June.

“MissionWired ended its engagement with Senator Fetterman’s campaign in June 2026,” Kate Kline, the firm’s CEO, told The Atlantic in a statement. “We had no involvement in a revenue-sharing plan with Republican entities, and if we had become aware, we would have objected to the strategy and refused the work.”

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    13 days ago

    Great timing to board a sinking ship. What a moron.

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      13 days ago

      A small splash of fash cash can be very convincing. The ship isn’t sinking, until all the funding is diverted.

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        Maybe he just likes being in the minority party so he can fulfill a sub kink