The Democrat Party's internal conflict is growing more entertaining by the day. Moderate (by today's standards, anyway) Democrat Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) has been having a slash-and-snap contest with Michigan "Democratic Socialist" (commie) candidate Abdul El-Sayed, and I have to say, so far, Senator Fetterman seems to be winning this family feud.
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., warned Friday that Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed could cost his party a must-hold Michigan Senate seat, escalating a personal feud over El-Sayed’s campaign style, opposition to military aid for Israel and alliance with far-left streamer Hasan Piker.
"He has put, you know, that seat in play," Fetterman said during an interview with The Washington Post. "And after Bernie Sanders and others created the disaster in Maine, and they pushed garbage person like Platner, and now they’ve pushed an individual like El-Sayed that’s been very proud of his very deeply anti-Israel views and proud to campaign with an avowed communist overall."
El-Sayed fired back, taking the tone of an angry 12-year-old, only to be defenestrated by Senator Fetterman:
"Fetterman is probably the biggest issue. Fetterman is the sitting counterargument to the kind of Midwest politics that I think really can work," El-Sayed said. "He’s also just an a——. I try to give him the benefit of the doubt. It’s just he seems miserable, and he seems like he doesn’t like the job."
Fetterman answered by pointing to El-Sayed's conduct during the primary.
"He just has like this weird little man syndrome energy just going around insulting people," Fetterman said. "And, you know, that’s the kind of campaign that he’s run."
To Senator Fetterman, I would only say this: That's all he has. Insults and communist ideology.
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If this is the direction that the Democrat Party really intends to go, their future as a fringe party consisting of commies and wealthy coastal elites (and there's a ton of overlap there) is assured, and then they can kiss governing majorities good-bye forever. John Fetterman, frankly, represents the direction Democrats should be going if they are serious about winning back the Rust Belt, and as a lot of these commies are going to find out, winning a partisan primary is one thing, but winning a statewide election in a key swing state like Michigan is quite another.
But stranger things have happened, and national Democrat voters seem increasingly willing to step off this communist cliff.
The question here is what John Fetterman will do if the Democrat establishment goes full commie - and full anti-Israel. Senator Fetterman has always been adamant about his support for Israel, to the point where he taunted anti-Israel protestors by waving a small Israel flag at them. Will there be a place in the Democrat Party for the last sane Democrat in the Senate? I don't see John Fetterman switching sides; too many of his policy positions were, until recently, mainstream liberal. And if he goes independent, much will depend on who he caucuses with. If he caucuses with the Democrats, well, as the old saying goes, a difference that makes no difference is no difference, and the senator would likely be exploding his next reelection chances.
And here we are, not even into the serious post-Labor Day campaign season yet. This midterm election is shaping up to be a real humdinger.
Editor’s Note: The 2026 Midterms will determine the fate of President Trump’s America First agenda. Republicans must maintain control of both chambers of Congress.
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