Sen.John Fetterman, D-Pa., delivered a blistering rebuke of the Democratic Party's progressive wing, arguing the party is "drifting firmly into communism" after socialist-backed candidates scored major victories in New York."It was a huge night for the dirtbag left last night in New York City, without a doubt," Fetterman told "The Will Cain Show."Fetterman said Wednesday the Democratic Party is increasingly embracing candidates who are "anti-Israel," "anti-American" and opposed to core institutions like immigration enforcement and prisons.MAMDANI-BACKED SOCIALIST WITH HISTORY OF ANTI-AMERICAN RHETORIC WINS VICIOUS DEM PRIMARY RACESen.
John Fetterman, D-Pa., walks through the Senate Subway during the Senate War Powers vote on April 22 in Washington, D.C.(Heather Diehl/Getty Images)He specifically pointed to Democratic socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier — one of three far-left candidates who defeated mainstream Democrats in New York on Tuesday — as an example."If you want to get elected as a Democrat now [you have to] hate on Israel and say the strongest anti-Israel kinds of statements," he said."It's a perfect correlation between if you're going to be hating on Israel become anti-Israel, you're also going to be anti-American.
And these kinds of views, they're going to be anti-Western civilization..."CONGRESSMAN RESPONDS AFTER NEW YORK CITY COFFEE SHOP BANS HIM OVER ISRAEL SUPPORT: 'SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS'Members of the Democratic Socialists of America gather outside a Trump-owned building during a May Day rally in New York City in 2019.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Fetterman's concerns come as Democratic voters appear to be warming to candidates who increasingly align with the party's far-left progressive wing.Outside New York, Democratic socialist Nithya Raman advanced to a November runoff, where she will face Democratic incumbent Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayoral race.
In Washington, D.C., 38-year-old Democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George defeated her m...