Democrats ostracize Fetterman because he’s ‘not loyal enough’: Guy Benson

“It’s pretty remarkable seeing the way he’s been responded to, if you actually compare that rhetoric with his voting record,” Benson said on Fox News’s The Evening Edit on Friday. Fetterman sparked bipartisan unity in the clip by praising his colleague Sen. David McCormick (R-PA) for “fighting” for America’s steel industry. “Yes, I’m a Democrat,” Fetterman told attendees at the event. “Why am I here talking to you today? Because, well, I’m a commonsense Democrat. I’m always going to stand with America. I’m always going to reject the extremes in socialism and that anti-American way of life.”Benson said Fetterman has faced constant criticism from the Democratic Party because “he’s not insane on the border, he’s not insane on socialism, and I think, worst of all in their eyes, he strongly supports Israel.”Some Democrats have called for Fetterman to leave the party, criticizing his work ethic.“Our state deserves better than a lazy trust fund baby who is too lazy to do the job,” Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) said on X on Sept. 3.“His voting record is not even close to anything that would be acceptable to a Republican Electorate or base,” Benson argued. “He is quite progressive in a lot of ways. He votes with the party almost all the time, but he’s willing to work across the aisle. He has nice things to say about his fellow senator from Pennsylvania. He’s willing to work with President Trump in a state that President Trump won twice.” Benson said Fetterman’s views are now considered a “bridge too far” for the Democratic Party, reflecting on how much the party has changed in recent years.“I think they’re going to throw him out of that party if they can,” Benson said.“If he were a firebrand progressive who voted exactly the way they wanted, and said the words that they like, none of that coverage would exist.”Benson argued that Fetterman is not considered “loyal enough” to the party, “so they’re ostracizing him.”Democrats love a “Republican maverick, but a Democrat who even flirts with maverick status, not acceptable. He becomes a target,” Benson said. HASAN PIKER, COWBOYS, CHARLIE KIRK, AND MORE: TOP SIX TAKEAWAYS FROM REPUBLICAN MIDTERM CONVENTION NIGHT 2Benson argued Fetterman may not be renominated as a Democrat, considering the party’s views. “He might have an independent future, we’ll see,” Benson said.