Sen. John Fetterman reached across the partisan aisle Wednesday and defended a Republican colleague from “recreational cruelty” on social media.
The Pennsylvania Democrat noted the arrest of Rep. Lauren Boebert’s son but chided the minions, presumably mostly liberals like himself, celebrating the Republican’s family woes.
“This is a family in crisis and the recreational cruelty I see on social media needs to be out of bounds,” Mr. Fetterman wrote on X.
Tyler Boebert, the 18-year-old son of the firebrand Colorado Republican, was arrested Tuesday and faces multiple felony counts on property-theft and vehicle-trespass charges.
There was predictable cheering among progressives who love to hate Ms. Boebert, which Mr. Fetterman called out Wednesday afternoon.
“I know the impact this has on children. I’m calling for restraint because cruelty has substantial collateral damage. We can’t ever forget that they didn’t sign up for this,” he wrote.
• Victor Morton can be reached at vmorton@washingtontimes.com.
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