Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) says the media is trying to “smear” him over missing votes and committee hearings in the Senate, firing back at an editorial in The Philadelphia Inquirer that argued Fetterman needs to put more effort into his job or resign from Congress.

Asked about the harsh op-ed during a debate in Boston on Monday, Fetterman called it a “weird smear.”

“It’s just part of like this weird — this weird smear,” Fetterman told “Fox News Sunday” anchor Shannon Bream, who moderated a debate between the Pennsylvania Democrat and Sen. David McCormick (R-Pa.) at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate.

“The more kinds of — left kind of media continues to have these kinds of an attack,” Fetterman said. “And it’s just part of a smear and that’s just not ... it’s j

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