NEW: Democrat Senator Set To Meet With Trump At Mar-A-Lago

Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) is set to meet with President-elect Donald Trump in the coming days, according to multiple sources familiar with the president-elect’s schedule. Fetterman later confirmed that he will be attending the meeting in a statement to CBS News.

“That is the plan. Yes, we are going to have a conversation,” Fetterman told the outlet when asked about the upcoming meeting. The trip will mark the first time a sitting Democratic Party senator will meet with Trump since his historic comeback election win back in November. “I think that one, he’s the president, or he will be officially,” Fetterman said. “And I think it’s pretty reasonable that if the president would like to have a conversation — or invite someone to have a conversation — to have it. And no one is my gatekeeper.”

The freshman senator has repeatedly stated that Trump has a “special” relationship with the people of Pennsylvania after he was nearly assassinated during a rally in a Pittsburgh suburb back in July. He later drew the ire of fellow Democrats by predicting that Trump would carry the Keystone State in November, which he did. “I think if you match up Trump with Harris, and I think that’s what this is really about, and I do believe he’s going to win Pennsylvania. And I do believe it’s going to be close, but whether it’s Biden, whether it was Clinton, or whether it was with Vice President Harris I think it’s going to be very close,” Fetterman told Newsmax after President Biden dropped out of the presidential race in July.

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Fetterman recently became the first Democrat to sponsor the Laken Riley Act, which would compel the federal government to detain noncitizens convicted or charged with burglary, larceny, theft or shoplifting. A variation of the bill passed in the House of Representatives earlier this week and is currently before the Senate for consideration. “We absolutely need to have a secure border, and I have always also been incredibly supportive and protective for Dreamers,” Fetterman told the Washington Examiner on Tuesday.

Trump will also be hoping that he can count on the Pennsylvania Democrat to support his cabinet nominees later this month, according to a report from Fox News. Fetterman recently met with a number of Trump’s nominees, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Defense Department nominee Pete Hegseth. He also recently voiced support for Trump’s plans to buy Greenland, rebuking his own party in the process.

“I do think it’s a responsible conversation,” Fetterman told CBS News, comparing the acquisition to the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 by Thomas Jefferson. “I mean, if anyone thinks that’s bonkers, well remember the Louisiana Purchase? I think Alaska was a great deal, too, fifty million dollars… I’m open to having all kinds of conversations. It’s not helpful to freak out, but some things might work out, some might not, but that’s part of an ongoing dialogue. He doesn’t even take office for two weeks,” he added.