(WHTM) — Pennsylvania’s only two statewide elected Democrats can’t seem to stay away from the media, and they can’t seem to be any more different, either.

Both Gov. Josh Shapiro and U.S. Sen. John Fetterman made appearances on popular podcasts this week. Shapiro joined former Obama speechwriter Jon Lovett on “Pod Save America,” while Fetterman sat down with venture capitalists on “All-In.”

Fetterman’s comment that drew the ire of Democrats: “Right now our party is governed by the TDS.”

AKA Trump Derangement Syndrome.

“That’s the gift from heaven if you’re a Republican, right?” said Christopher Nicholas from Eagle Consulting on “This Week in Pennsylvania.”

Shapiro, meanwhile, turned his attacks on members of the Trump administration.

“Pete Hegseth is wildly incompetent,” the governor said. “He’s like an eight-year-old playing with toy soldiers every day.”

The rest of what Shapiro said about the secretary of defense used language that might only be safe for podcasts. His campaign team reshared the bite in a press release, anyway.

Chalk it up to policy disagreements, or presidential ambitions. Nicholas said “it’s easy to act like a tough guy on a friendly podcast.”

Fetterman and Shapiro have both been candid about their frayed relationship, dating back to when the former served as lieutenant governor and the latter was attorney general. They still share some common policy positions though, such as support for Israel.

However, only one of them is polling well with Democrats in their state, and he’s facing reelection this year.

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