While the left criticized Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) for announcing he plans to visit with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, the lawmaker — who is up for election in 2028 — is cracking jokes. CBS News confirmed on Thursday that Fetterman was heading to Florida to meet with the president-elect.

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania has accepted an invitation from President-elect Donald Trump to meet with him at his Mar-a-Lago estate, multiple sources said.

The news of the meeting comes as Sen. John Fetterman has expressed increasing openness to working with the incoming Trump administration.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said he plans to meet with President-elect Trump at his resort in Florida, likely the first Democratic lawmaker in the upper chamber to meet with the incoming

"I'm angling to be named the pope of Greenland," Fetterman told reporters on Capitol Hill after confirming the meeting.

Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman said he will meet with President-elect Donald Trump as the 45th and upcoming president prepares for his inauguration.

The Pennsylvania senator, a Democrat, said he would "meet with and have a conversation with anyone" to deliver for his state.

Democratic U.S. Senator John Fetterman said on Thursday he had accepted an invitation to meet with Donald Trump, and CBS News reported that the meeting would take place at the Republican president-elect's Florida residence.