Sen. John Fetterman has a reputation for online trolling.
But he doesn't even have X on his phone anymore.
He said he realized in the last year that it's "not very helpful to promoting mental health."
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Sen. John Fetterman doesn't have X, formerly known as Twitter, on his own phone — despite his reputation for online trolling.
In an interview with POLITICO, the Pennsylvania Democrat said that he'd deleted the app in the last year and doesn't spend any time on it — citing his own mental health.
"I don't spend any time on Twitter and that's the truth. I encourage you — you can check my personal phone. I couldn't even get on Twitter if I had to," said Fetterman. "It was not very helpful to promoting mental health."
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