Fetterman Rips Dems For Having an ‘Orgy of Socialism’ — But Insists He Won’t Become a Republican

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) pulled no punches this week in hammering his fellow Democrats who are embracing socialism and candidates like Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan.

Fetterman appeared on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show on Tuesday night, where Hannity offered some kind words to the Pennsylvania Democrat.

“One thing that stands out in my mind — what I do like about you, and I can ask you about some things we disagree on — but what I like is you’ll have the conversation. I like that you stand up for liberty and freedom, that you are not a communist/socialist, that you support the president as commander in chief, that you believe we did the right thing with Israel and Iran, preventing the Iranians from ever getting a nuclear weapon. We have a lot of areas we agree on. You remind me a lot of Joe Lieberman, and I got along very well with him,” Hannity said during the interview.

“Yeah. Yeah, no, absolutely. Yeah. And I never got along with P. Hussle in Maine — now, I as a Democrat, I would call him — that he was trash, you know. I don’t get along with El-Sayed, you know, because he absolutely supports Sharia law,” Fetterman replied, adding:

I mean, he’s absolutely pro-Iran and Hamas. I mean, he even said he wants to defund the police. And he’s in a spiritual union with Hasan Piker, who really thinks that we deserved 9/11. I mean, so overall, I don’t get along with communists and socialists and people that hate America, or people that pick on women, you know, like El-Sayed. So, overall.

“Well, I don’t think you agree with a lot of their agenda. You know, like, for example, you opposed overturning Roe v. Wade — okay, number one. You opposed the death penalty, number two. You co-sponsored a bill to ban assault weapons, number three. You joined other Senate Democrats in voting against the bill that would ban trans girls and women from women’s sports. Those are areas we disagree on,” Hannity replied, adding:

But we can have a conversation. I don’t feel that with this DSA crowd — with Talarico and “God is non-binary,” and six genders, and abortion rights for all trans people, even biological men, which I think is insane, banning oil and gas, which is the lifeblood of the world’s economy. So we do disagree on a lot of issues. And that’s why you have said many times you’re not going to become a Republican, correct?

“No, I’m not going to be a Republican, but I’m going to be a Democrat that’s going to have a conversation with whoever’s playing it straight, like we always have for now. Now, I’ve been the one person to really criticize the DSA types and some of the unacceptable kinds of candidates that my party’s electing. And I’ve said that on Jesse’s show several months ago — that the Democratic Party is becoming, like, an orgy of socialism. So, but overall, I’ll call balls and strikes, and I’m always going to put our country ahead of party,” Fetterman replied.

Watch the clip above via Fox News.

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