Sen. John Fetterman may vote with his party most of the time – a shame, really – but he’s also frank and up front when it comes to how bone-headed most of his colleagues are.
He’s also not shy about being an ‘America First’ guy, and to be honest, I can respect someone’s political opinions if they’re not rooting for my country to fail like most of Fetterman’s caucus. Plus, he’s sided with the GOP on several occasions when it mattered most, like keeping the government funded and backing President Trump’s play in Iran.
On that note, he took his party to task again on Wednesday, telling Nick Gillespie during an interview on The Reason that it’s not so much he’s changed, it’s that his party has morphed into something decidedly anti-American.
And he dropped some names, too:
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“I think the extremism is driving it without a doubt,” Fetterman said in a Reason interview. “Look at the primaries, you know, all across in the Senate and in the House and look at the kinds of people that have already been elected.
“Like, for example, the mayor in Seattle. She’s an absolute socialist, if not more, how people [go] ‘Hey, I’m leaving’ and she’s like, ‘bye’ and just describe that kind of thing.”
Fetterman was referring to Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, who last month laughed off the idea of millionaires leaving the state based on her support for a progressive tax.
INSANE. Seattle’s Socialist Mayor responds to exodus of wealth from Washington state by saying “BYE” … then laughing. We’re doomed. pic.twitter.com/gP8CbPkqEl
— Brandi Kruse (@BrandiKruse) April 29, 2026
The unusual senator, often seen wearing a hoodie, had some strong words for Katie Wilson. He also shared insights about New York City’s democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani, whom Fetterman criticized for “driving people away” with his aggressive stance against the wealthy, his antisemitism, and his disdain for business:
“Then, of course, New York. That’s its own situation, too. And I thought [Florida Gov. Ron] DeSantis had a great line saying, you know, ‘Mamdani is my favorite real estate agent now.’ And it’s driving people away. People can move, and they can just vote, you know, with their feet,” Fetterman said.
“That explains why Florida continues to flourish. But a lot of these states, like New York and other blue states, we’ve read that $2 trillion dollars have migrated out of these states too.”
Finally, he took a shot at the Domestic Terrorist Party’s newest fav, the Nazi tattoo-wearing Graham Platner, who is running against incumbent GOP Sen. Susan Collins:
“I mean, in Maine, for example, Graham Platner, he’s an avowed communist. He described himself as a communist. Antifa, that’s not a slur from me. That’s not a GOP kind of hit. That’s his own words, how he described that,” Fetterman said.
Fetterman continues to assert that he’s a dedicated Democrat, but he seems to be referring to a different era, as he certainly doesn’t sound like he fits in with today’s communist-Marxist ‘Democrat’ party.
