Fetterman dresses down critics of US Senate dress code reform

Pennsylvania senator known for wearing hoodies and shorts will now be able to do so to vote, angering rightwingers

In a spat over coverage of the relaxation of the US Senate dress code, the Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman, who will now be allowed to wear his signature hoodies and shorts in the chamber, told the data analyst Nate Silver: I dress like you predict."

Silver, who rose to fame to run the polling site FiveThirtyEight.com but whose predictions for recent elections have proved controversial, had tweeted: Starting a new political party for people who don't give a shit either about how John Fetterman dresses or what Lauren Boebert does in a theatre."