“Karl is into chess, he plays online, so I got him pieces and a board,” Fetterman explained to GQ. “We played together, and I bet him that if he loses, he’d have to make me a dozen deviled eggs because he makes great deviled eggs. He said that if I lose, I’d need to have a mustache for two weeks.”
Over the weekend, Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman destabilized the public with a selfie. “Lost a bet with Karl,” he captioned his Twitter post. To the surprise of many, his signature peppered goatee was missing, and in its place was a thick mustache sitting just below his thick prescription glasses.
During his term, Fetterman has stood out among his Capitol Hill colleagues with his adherence to normcore workwear. Rocking basketball shorts, simple hoodies, and Cartharrt button-downs, he repped the everyday constituent. His old facial hair was also personally significant. Fetterman told The Philadelphia Inquirer that his beard began as a tribute to his father, who could not shave his own facial hair while recovering from a heart attack he suffered earlier in the summer. (Fetterman said he plans to chop the ‘stache after the agreed two weeks.)
In any case, the ‘70s porn ‘stache revival is in full swing. Fetterman has my support in this divisive movement, clone or not.