Lamb Tells Fetterman to Quit as Democrats Revolt
Lamb Tells Fetterman to Quit as Democrats Revolt

The News
Former Rep. Conor Lamb publicly told Sen. John Fetterman to resign this week, the sharpest demand yet in a Pennsylvania Democratic backlash to a Wall Street Journal report on the senator skipping constituent meetings and committee work.
"If there is a decent bone left in your body, just quit," Lamb wrote on X, according to MS NOW. "It's an insult to decent people in our state for you to treat them and the office this way."
Lamb is the only prominent Pennsylvania Democrat quoted in the coverage calling outright for Fetterman to leave office. Three others — Rep. Brendan Boyle, Rep. Chris Deluzio and DNC Vice Chair Malcolm Kenyatta — attacked him in blunt terms but aimed at the 2028 primary instead of resignation.
MS NOW reported that "some Democrats in the state are demanding he resign from office, or are rallying voters to oust him in 2028." None of the reports reviewed by The Frank included a response from Fetterman to Lamb's call.
Who Said What
Conor Lamb, former congressman, who lost the 2022 Democratic Senate primary to Fetterman: told him to "just quit." Lamb has since filled the gap Fetterman left at town halls and rallies across the state, MS NOW reported.
Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.): "John Fetterman is a disgrace. Our state deserves better than a lazy trust fund baby who is too lazy to do the job." Fetterman has said his parents supported him financially into his forties.
Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.): "Between the laziness, disrespect, and willingness to carry water for a foreign government, it shows us something we already know: this man has no sense of duty. He is not up for the high office he was elected to — and we in Pennsylvania will do something about it in 2028."
Malcolm Kenyatta, DNC vice chair and Pennsylvania state representative, to NewsNation: Fetterman "is somebody who has spent the past few years not doing his job. He is a part-time senator, full-time commentator on Fox News." In a separate Friday statement he said "2028 can't come soon enough."
Timeline
Fetterman beats Lamb in the Democratic Senate primary by a wide margin, suffers a severe stroke that affects his speech, and wins the seat with backing from the party's progressive wing.
Boyle publicly criticizes Fetterman after the senator complains that the long voting process on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act cost him "our entire trip to the beach," The Hill reported.
The Wall Street Journal report lands. Boyle posts his "disgrace" attack the same day.
Lamb calls on Fetterman to quit. Deluzio and Kenyatta post their own statements. An X account that says it is run by former Fetterman campaign and Senate staffers vows new revelations, PennLive reported; Twitchy reported the group plans to publish private texts starting Sept. 14.
Reactions
The Journal report, as described by MS NOW, said three paralyzed military veterans from rural Pennsylvania arrived at Fetterman's Washington office for a scheduled meeting and found him absent. He had told staff he was ill, then appeared in the office later that day with no apparent symptoms to prepare for a live Fox News interview on Israel and the Iran war.
The Journal also reported he brushed off a meeting with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia officials who wanted to discuss Medicaid cuts. TMZ reported he backed out of a funeral for three police officers because of the length of the service.
On the numbers, The Hill reported that over the past year Fetterman attended 26 of the 31 full hearings of his assigned committees but did not speak in 20 of them.
Conservative outlets read the pile-on differently. RedState called the coverage evidence of a Democratic "plot to take out Fetterman," casting him as a target because he breaks with his party. Independent Journal Review reported that Harmeet Dhillon criticized the "anonymous leakers" behind the ex-staffer account.
On the left, Esquire ran a piece headlined "John Fetterman Is Making the Case for Worst Democratic Senator of All Time," arguing he prefers Fox News hits on Israel to serving constituents.
What's Next
Fetterman's term runs to 2028, and he is not on the ballot this November. Resignation is his decision alone; no mechanism short of expulsion by the Senate would remove him, and no Pennsylvania Democrat quoted has called for that.
The X account attributed to former staffers says it will begin publishing private texts on Sept. 14, per Twitchy.
Deluzio and Kenyatta have both pointed to 2028. No Pennsylvania Democrat has formally announced a primary challenge.
More
Fetterman has been a divisive figure since 2022. He frequently breaks with his party on key votes, is a staunch supporter of Israel, and has been described by former staffers as "Trump's favorite Democrat," MS NOW reported. He met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago weeks after the 2024 election.
He has been open about his struggles with mental illness following his stroke. Reports of absences from committee meetings, votes and constituent meetings have driven scrutiny of his fitness for the job.
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