Fetterman’s new book details explosive feud with Gov Josh Shapiro over parole board dispute
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., called Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapio a "f------ a------" during a hot mic moment amid a heated Zoom hearing, his new memoir reveals. Fetterman, who was the...
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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., called Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapio a "f------ a------" during a hot mic moment amid a heated Zoom hearing, his new memoir reveals. Fetterman, who was the state's lieutenant governor at the time, recalled delivering the outburst after Shapiro delivered a "very long-winded and unnecessary" speech justifying his decision to vote against commuting the sentences of Lee and Dennis Horton, the New York Post reported. The Lee brothers had been convicted of second-degree murder in a fatal 1993 robbery and shooting. FETTERMAN FIRES BACK AT NEWSOM AFTER SHUTDOWN CRITICISM, REFUSES TO 'PLAY CHICKEN' WITH THE LIVES OF AMERICANS The hearing was part of the Pennsylvania’s Board of Pardons meeting when Shapiro expressed concerns that transcripts from the siblings’ original trial were missing, Fetterman wrote in the memoir, titled: "Unfettered." In response, Fetterman became angry. At one point during a private meeting, he threatened to run for governor in 2022 and pull Shapiro into a primary. "I told him there were two tracks — that one and the one in which he ran for governor and I ran for the Senate (which was the one I preferred)," Fetterman wrote in his new book, "Unfettered," as excerpted by The Philadelphia Inquirer. "I had no interest in friction, only in what I felt was justice," he added. The book reportedly details how Shapiro's people reached out to Fetterman. "He wanted me to retract things I had said and to deny the rumors about the private meeting taking place," Fetterman wrote. "That wasn’t going to happen." In December 2020, the board voted to commute the Hortons’ sentences . Fetterman eventually invited Dennis Horton to be his guest at the 2023 State of the Union address. FETTERMAN SAYS HE KNOWS AND LOVES TRUMP VOTERS: 'I'M THE ONLY DEMOCRAT IN MY FAMILY' However, his relationship with Shapiro never recovered. "I sincerely wish him the best," Fetterman wrote of the governor. "He is a credit to the state and may one day be a credit to…