There’s a new senator in town—a progressive, tattooed, hoodie-wearing giant named John Fetterman.

Fetterman most recently served as Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, second to Gov. Tom Wolf, since 2019.

Now I’m not saying that he is any better or worse than his opponent, Republican TV doctor Mehmet Oz, but what I’m saying is that it's sad that this is the best we could do.

He calls himself “a different kind of Democrat,” but yet still advocates the same liberal policies as most every Democrat out there. The “difference” between Fetterman and other politicians is his image that he’s created for himself. He shows up to many of his official events clad in gym shorts and a hoodie baring his signature tattoo-covered his arm, creating a no-nonsense, tough-guy persona that sets him apart—and makes him look unprofessional.

Throughout his career he’s advocated issues regarding criminal justice reform, protecting abortion, LGBTQ rights, legalizing cannabis, raising the minimum wage, and universal healthcare.

However, it is especially concerning that Fetterman, a successful, respected career politician, sponged off his parents' money until he was almost 50. According to the New York Post, his parents financially supported him with a healthy salary of about $54,000 a year to supplement his income when he was the mayor of Braddock, PA. Additionally, it is also said that he and his wife, along with their three children, lived in a $70,000 loft that his sister purchased and then sold to him for only $1; this again was while he served as mayor of Braddock.

The race between Fetterman and Oz was considered to be one of the most crucial decisions in the 2022 midterm election, as it seemed there was a strong possibility that one of the PA Senate seats would “turn blue,” with the election of the Lt. Governor-turned Senate candidate. Neither candidate was necessarily enthusiastically supported by many PA voters, most likely begrudgingly voted for their own party’s candidate, seeing them as the lesser of the two evils. I’m not going to lie, I would’ve done the same thing, but I wouldn’t have been happy about it.

Good luck, Senator Fetterman. And may God bless Pennsylvania; I have a feeling we’ll need it.