Fetterman Sees Socialist Resurgence in Democrats

Pennsylvania Democratic Senator John Fetterman expressed concern over what he described as a resurgence of socialist and communist-aligned ideas within the Democratic Party during an interview with host Jesse Watters on Friday.

Watters asked Fetterman, "How big a threat do you think this communist movement is?" The senator replied that bad ideas refuse to die and pointed to activist groups he called terrible, such as Code Pink, which he said are strongly aligned with the Chinese Communist Party and financed by billionaires. "It's ironic, these kinds of protests are being funded by billionaires against billionaires," Fetterman said. "I don't know if they realize the irony in many of those things right now."

Fetterman highlighted recent developments in Maine, where Graham Platner, a candidate for the U.S. Senate, is on track to secure the Democratic nomination. "Platner, he's already announced that he's an avowed communist. He's made that statement, and he put that online," Fetterman said. "Now he's going to be the Democratic nominee. So there is a resurgence of socialism, and that's becoming more and more a part of it."

He described a merging of causes, including support for the...