‘Undeniable!’ Fetterman Says Musk Power Big Factor in Trump Win: Did ‘Move the Needle’

Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) said Elon Musk’s support for President-elect Donald Trump helped “move the needle” towards his victory in Pennsylvania.

The Pennsylvania lawmaker spoke to ABC News anchor Jonathan Karl during a Sunday interview on This Week where he claimed he could see Trump’s victory coming. Fetterman noted that the “energy” and “anger” in the state was all favoring Trump.

He then claimed that without support from Musk that the race in Pennsylvania would have “been closer” between Trump and Kamala Harris. Fetterman also predicted Bob Casey would not have lost to Republican nominee David McCormick.

KARL: I talked to a lot of Democrats before the election who are saying we’re going to win. Harris is going to win in Pennsylvania. But you you saw this coming.

FETTERMAN: If you live in Pennsylvania and you spend time in Red County, Pennsylvania, as much as I did, the support is astonishing. I mean, I was driving home from Indiana County at 9:00 and there was a Trump superstore on the side of a road. 9:00 on Friday night. And people are buying swag. And then really that really crystallized in at the assassination. And that was in Butler County, western Pennsylvania, very fairly close to where I live. And the day or two later, you start seeing people wearing shirts with that iconic picture and, you know, the energy and the anger. And it’s like, wow, I really thought in fact, I thought that might be ball game. And then the second thing, really, and that’s when Musk and I were in the business. Surrogacy is part of it, and sometimes it really has much of an impact. But I knew that was going to be a special one.

KARL: And the endorsement by Elon Musk.

FETTERMAN: Yeah, well, an endorsement and an active one. And I’m not even talking about his checkbook. Yeah, he it’s rare if you have a surrogate that has a lot of fanboys and is very compelling to a lot of the demographic that we are losing in in my party and in Pennsylvania.

KARL: Do you think he would have won without Elon Musk?

FETTERMAN: Well, I I’m not sure if we would have lost Bob Casey, but I, I do think. Trump It would have been closer. I really believe that it mattered. We lost Bob Casey for 50,000 votes. And yeah, I’m sure he did move the needle. It’s undeniable.

Watch the clip above via ABC News.