During an appearance Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” John Fetterman addressed criticism from fellow Democrats over plans to build a ballroom at the White House, a project that has begun construction but may be halted due to a federal court ruling.

Fetterman dismissed the pushback from his party, characterizing it as politically driven and referring to it as “TDS,” an acronym for Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Host Sean Hannity questioned why the project was facing resistance, noting that it would not be funded by taxpayers and would offer enhanced security. “I don’t know why,” Hannity said of the Trump ballroom. “It’s not going to cost the taxpayers a penny. It’s going to be one of the most secure buildings by far in the world. Why would there be any reluctance or resistance to building it when every future president will benefit from it?”

Fetterman responded by saying he could not find a logical explanation beyond political bias. “I really don’t understand. The only thing that I could explain that it’s the TDS, you know, for me. I mean, you know, I was right there. I was one or two tables away from the front table with the president and the vice president thing, and I’ve witnessed this, but even before that even happened, I was struck by- my gosh, we have the entire, you know, the line of succession right there in the very small kind of, you know, area there.”

He went on to describe the concentration of top officials at the event, underscoring what he viewed as a security concern. “You know, Johnson was there,” he continued. “Rubio was there. Of course, the president and Vance was there, too, and Hegseth and all those people there. I mean, people have forgotten perhaps what happened in Oklahoma City back in 1995. You know, somebody could have bombed a building for that, you know? And now, I was the only Democrat that refused to vote to shut the DHS down, and it is. And now we’re here in conflict of Iran. Iran’s already have the desire to assassinate the president, too.”

Fetterman concluded by pointing to the potential dangers of hosting major events in facilities not designed with high-level security in mind. “So, I think after tonight there, I’m thinking we really got lucky because it could have been far more even catastrophic, and I’m so grateful no one was hurt,” Fetterman added. “But that’s why I’m saying you know we need to have a secure facility for events just like this. We can’t ever allow to be exposed in that way to an attack that hotel was never designed to do that in a safe way when I witnessed that, that night.”

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