Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) lamented what he sees as a socialist shift taking root in the Democratic Party while making one of his regular appearances on Fox News Friday.
Host Jesse Watters teed up an interview with Fetterman, using clips of the May Day demonstrations across the country earlier that day, and calling the protests a “commie clown show.”
“There’s a big problem when one party can’t love their own country unless it’s in charge,” Watters said before asking Fetterman, “How big of a threat do you think this communist movement is?”
The senator said it was “very sad to see” the handful of sickle and hammer flags and “Communist Manifestos” Fox News cherry-picked for the segment.
After claiming the grassroots protests were “funded by billionaires” – an accusation that there is little evidence for – Fetterman said Senate candidate Graham Platner securing the Democratic nomination was evidence of a “communist takeover” happening in Maine.
He also cited pro-Palestinian sentiment and outrage over Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s brutality as proof his party was turning into “an orgy of socialism.”
“I’m not necessarily the most popular guy, which is strange to me because it’s like, I am a Democrat and, you know, I’m the guy that flipped that seat,” he said.