John Fetterman

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman has reversed his position on eliminating the Senate filibuster.

During his 2022 campaign, Fetterman advocated for abolishing the filibuster to help pass legislation.

Fetterman now states that eliminating the filibuster would be dangerous and silence the minority party.

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman has flip-flopped on a key issue he ran on in 2022 — eliminating the Senate filibuster.

On June 2, the Pennsylvania Democrat sat down with Katie Miller, wife of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, and explained why he felt eliminating the filibuster would have "profound ramifications" for the United States, according to The Hill.

In his 2022 Senate race, the Allegheny County Democrat campaigned to eliminate the filibuster, criticizing several then-Democrats who voted with Republicans to delay progressives from enacting legislation.

Here's what's changed since then.

Fetterman flips on filibuster, says he was 'absolutely wrong' to run on eliminating it

During a June 2 appearance on The Katie Miller Podcast, Fetterman said Democrats shouldn't have tried to eliminate the filibuster under Biden and that he regretted running on the issue, The Hill reported.

"One thing I was absolutely wrong on — and I’ve been really … very open talking about how wrong I am — is that in my cycle, in ’22, we were running to eliminate the filibuster," Fetterman said. "And we were so wrong, so wrong about that."

Fetterman went on to say that the filibuster helps give the minority a voice.

"We have the risk of if we lose the filibuster, then the rights of the minority — whether that will be Democrat or Republican minority — would have effectively little to no voice," Fetterman said. "And if we become a smaller version of the House, that would have profound ramifications for the United States, and that would be dangerous."

What was Fetterman's stance on the filibuster during his Senate campaign?

The year of Fetterman's election, Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) and Joe Manchin (I-WV) — both former Democrats — joined Republicans in a vote to keep the filibuster going, stopping Democrats from enacting legislation backed by their constituents, The Hill reported.

While Fetterman opposed their efforts at the time, he now said he feels both senators are "vindicated" by his switch on the issue.

He also addressed the topic as a key issue on his campaign website, which was still up as of June 4.

"Last year, I became one of the first candidates in the country to call for abolishing the filibuster for a reason: it stands in the way of getting things done for Pennyslvanians," he said on his website, adding that he planned to address other issues through pushing for expanding voting rights, working for reforms to get corporations out of politics and stopping gerrymandering. "We must do everything we can to maintain and protect our democracy," he said.