PERFORMANCE REVIEW
Filed by the District 13 Raven
Employee: John Fetterman
Position: United States Senator, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Date of Hire: November 2022
Reports To: The working people of Pennsylvania
Reviewer: Silas Corvin, Johnstown field office (big sycamore, third branch from the top)
Next Scheduled Review: 2028 Democratic Primary
Now, this old crow has sat on a lot of wires and watched a lot of men go in and out of a lot of buildings. I know what it looks like when a fella clocks in and when he just shows up. So consider this your annual review, John. Pull up a chair. It’s going to take a minute.
SECTION 1: FIDELITY TO JOB DESCRIPTION
Here’s the job posting you answered. In 2022 you came to us in a hoodie and gym shorts, straight out of Braddock, a mill town that looks a whole lot like the ones I fly over here in Cambria County. You ran on the unions. You ran on raising the minimum wage. You told us you’d go to Washington and fight for the folks who work with their hands and worry about their bills. Bernie came and stumped for you. We bought it. I bought it, and crows don’t buy much.
Somewhere between the yard sign and the Senate floor, that man went missing. What we got instead looks like a guy wearing the hoodie as a costume.
Rating: Needs Improvement
SECTION 2: SERVING THE CUSTOMER
When Democrats dug in during the shutdown to keep health care subsidies from expiring, you crossed over and voted with Republicans to end it. Folks around here who buy their own coverage felt that one in the mailbox. That was the moment for a fella who ran on working people to plant his feet, and you stepped aside.
Rating: Unsatisfactory
SECTION 3: ATTENDANCE & PARTICIPATION
You’ve missed more votes than the typical senator. The Inquirer went through your committee record and found you spoke at about 20 committee gatherings in nearly two years. Reporters say you sit out in the hallway alone during votes. Around here we’d call that the guy who shows up for his shift and spends it eating lunch in his truck.
Rating: Unsatisfactory
SECTION 4: TEAMWORK
In your first two years, you lined up with your party on nearly 99% of the votes where Democrats held a majority position. In 2025 that fell to 80%, and this year it’s under 78%. Crossing the aisle now and then is no crime. A senator from a swing state ought to think for himself. But this crow notices which way you’ve been drifting, and the drift heads away from the people who hired you.
Rating: Needs Improvement
SECTION 5: CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
In January 2024, Quinnipiac had Pennsylvania Democrats approving of you 80 to 10. By July of this year, your approval among them was down to 19%. If a diner lost that many regulars, the cook would be looking for work.
Rating: See above
SECTION 6: REVIEWER’S NOTES ON CIRCUMSTANCES
This crow isn’t heartless. You had a stroke in the middle of a campaign and a hard road after it, and you were honest with us about that road. That took guts. A man comes through something like that, and I understand he reaches for whatever feels solid under his feet. Security starts looking awful good. Friends with deep pockets and strong opinions start feeling like a safe place to stand.
To be fair to you, the filings show you didn’t take a direct check from AIPAC’s PAC. But you’ve become the face of that crowd in the Democratic Party, and from up on my wire, it looks a lot like a man picking the side that makes him feel protected over the side that elected him.
Here’s the thing, though, John. Actual people depend on you. The guy laid off at the plant, the woman picking between her blood pressure pills and her electric bill, the kid trying to figure out if there’s a future in this valley. They don’t get a hallway to sit in. They need a senator who votes and acts on their behalf, and you’re the one they sent.
SECTION 7: EMPLOYEE COMMENTS
Mr. Fetterman has told reporters he puts “country over party.” He has written that he’d make a terrible Republican and still votes overwhelmingly with Democrats. Some of his defenders back home, including state House Majority Whip Mike Schlossberg, argue that Pennsylvania is a swing state and his votes sit close to the party line. The reviewer has read these comments and placed them in the file.
SECTION 8: CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
- Stand strong for working people on the votes that hit paychecks and doctor bills.
- Show up for votes, for hearings, and for Pennsylvania.
- Be the man on the yard sign.
This crow wants this to be a productive conversation. Consider it a chance to get right and be the man you told us you were. Short of that, we have no option but to move on to the next candidate.
Employee Signature: ______________________
Reviewer: Silas Corvin (his mark: one muddy footprint)
Sources
- Philadelphia Inquirer, “John Fetterman votes with his party less frequently since Trump took office, rarely attends meetings,” Oct. 12, 2026
- Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania Democratic Party criticism of Fetterman, Mar. 25, 2026
- Associated Press (via 6abc), “Sen. John Fetterman’s isolation from Democrats grows stark in Pennsylvania,” Sept. 9, 2026
- NPR, “Dismay from Democrats over Fetterman’s job performance boils over in Pennsylvania,” Sept. 14, 2026
- Newsweek, Fetterman voting record and Quinnipiac polling, 2026
- Washington Examiner, “John Fetterman took nothing from AIPAC,” July 31, 2026
