New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was hit with corruption charges after investigators found gold bars and cash in his home.
FILE - Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., doesn't mince words when talking about other lawmakers, including New Jersey's Sen. Bob Menendez. reportedly taunts New Jersey Democrat Bob Menendez with the nickname “Gold Bar Bob” whenever the two senators cross paths in Washington, D.C.Menendez insists he did nothing wrong, but that doesn’t stop Fetterman from badgering his fellow Democrat on sight in the U.S. Capitol, according to a New Yorker profile on the towering Pennsylvanian.
“Every time Fetterman saw Menendez, he would just shout out, ‘Gold Bar Bob!’” a veteran HuffPost political reporter told the New Yorker.Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., leaves the Manhattan federal court, after hearing witness testimony during his trial, Monday, June 10, 2024, in New York. “Senator Menendez should resign,” Fetterman said in a statement in September while he was running for the Senate.
The hulking 6′8″ Democrat added that he hoped Menendez would make “an honorable exit” and prepare for his criminal trial.claims Fetterman routinely uses profane terms not normally heard in the Senate to describe members of the Republican party, too. Following a nasty May spat in the House of Representatives involving Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Fetterman raised eyebrows on both sides of the aisle by likening Congress to “The Jerry Springer Show.”
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