Sen. John Fetterman's gradual shift to the right has alienated many in his own party and earned him the nickname "Trump's favorite Democrat." Now, according to a report from The Atlantic, the Pennsylvania Democrat is also helping figures in MAGA-world generate substantial fundraising revenue.

In a piece published Wednesday, The Atlantic reported that Fetterman, a first-term senator, began working with Blitz Digital, a MAGA-friendly, "GOP-aligned" fundraising entity, after his previous Democratic firm, MissionWired, parted ways with him over the summer. The report cited internal communications describing a fundraising pitch signed by Fetterman as "doing crazy numbers" for the company. In the pitch, Fetterman pledged to "always going to reject Socialism and the anti-American way of life" and accused his own party of being hijacked by socialists.

"Shortly [after leaving MissionWired], he forged a joint fundraising committee with Pennsylvania's other senator, Dave McCormick, a Republican," The Atlantic explained. "In July, Fetterman joined a group of Republican politicians for a retreat with Fox News executives at Rupert Murdoch's ranch in Montana. On September 9, he spoke in a recorded address at Trump's midterm convention in Dallas, delivering a message about rejecting socialism that would feature in his fundraising solicitation later that month."

Joint fundraising committees let two officeholders raise money through shared appeals and split the proceeds under Federal Election Commission rules, making the Fetterman-McCormick pairing a rare cross-party arrangement.

The report added that days after speaking at the midterm convention, Fetterman's political operation began working with a Republican-aligned firm to arrange emails and text messages aimed at acquiring new conservative donors — an arrangement first reported by The Intercept. Fetterman's missives were circulated by more than a dozen political operations with domain names including America1stWarRoom.com, ConstitutionPatriots.com, RedMajorities.com, TheDesantisDaily.com, and TrumpTruths.org, according to records collected by the Archive of Political Emails. The breadth of that circulation underscores how much rides on list brokerage in modern political fundraising: donor contact files are durable assets that can be rented, exchanged, and appealed to across future cycles.

The new effortens the mystery surrounding Fetterman's political intentions and is a cause for concern for Democratic leaders. His refusal to limit himself to the Democratic ecosystem could matter a great deal next year, especially if he finds himself as the decisive swing vote holding the power to determine which party controls the Senate — and with it the chamber's agenda, committee chairships, and confirmation votes.

Fetterman's increasing tendency to voice right-leaning stances has fueled widespread concerns within the Democratic Party that he could become a grave nuisance in the Senate after the midterms. If Democrats manage to wrest the majority away from Republicans in November, there are fears that Fetterman could stall their agenda as a Joe Manchin-esque spoiler vote. Alternatively, he could wreck their majority altogether by switching his affiliation to the GOP — an idea he has been dismissive of but noncommittal about.

"One Republican digital consultant told us, after requesting anonymity to discuss the arrangements, that although the relationships Fetterman is building are unusual, fundraising-list brokers typically push the language that performs the best, and that there is clear appeal for a Democrat who is willing to echo Republican talking points about socialism," the report added.

"'Assuming he believes all the things he says,' the consultant said of Fetterman, 'it is just a natural place to go, because he agrees with Republicans on some things.'"