{"id":28218,"date":"2025-11-04T14:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T14:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/28218\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T14:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T14:13:10","slug":"fetterman-says-new-york-citys-socialist-shift-is-not-the-path-for-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/28218\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman says New York City\u2019s socialist shift is not the path for Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n <\/p>\n

Sen. John Fetterman<\/a>, D-Pa., drew a sharp contrast between New York City\u2019s leftward politics and the more pragmatic center of his own party on Monday, telling Fox News\u2019 Jesse Watters that while socialism might have a foothold in New York, it\u2019s not the path forward for Democrats nationwide.<\/p>\n

“Socialism might be taking over in New York City tomorrow,” Fetterman said in reference to Zohran Mamdani’s potential victory in Tuesday’s mayoral race.<\/p>\n

“But that’s certainly not the future of my party,” he added.<\/p>\n

SEN JOHN FETTERMAN REVEALS WHAT HE \u2018REFUSES\u2019 TO DO AS A DEMOCRAT, AS SHUTDOWN APPROACHES RECORD LENGTH<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Pennsylvania <\/p>\n

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., speaks during a hearing with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill on May 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Appearing on “Jesse Watters Primetime,” the centrist Democrat emphasized that New York City\u2019s politics<\/a> are not a reflection of the country at large.<\/p>\n

Instead, he pointed to Pennsylvania, a key battleground state that helped decide the 2024 presidential election, as a better example of the coalition Democrats must appeal to<\/a> in order to win nationally.<\/p>\n

FETTERMAN RIPS \u2018LEFTIES\u2019 IN DEM PARTY, SAYING PEOPLE IN EX-COMMUNIST NATION TOLD HIM \u2018YOU ARE MORONS’\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Zohran <\/p>\n

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a campaign rally at Forest Hills Stadium in the Queens borough of New York City on Oct. 26, 2025.\u00a0 (Angela Weiss\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

“Pennsylvania keeps people honest,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We’re very purple, and I love a lot of people that voted for the president\u2026 it keeps you honest to remember that there are two sides, and you have to find a way forward.”<\/p>\n

“That’s really the future, and that’s why I’m proud to be a part of it.”<\/p>\n

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Fetterman has increasingly positioned himself as a voice for moderation within the Democratic Party, distancing himself from its progressive wing with his staunch support for Israel, his refusal to support a government shutdown and his unwillingness to brand supporters of President Donald Trump<\/a> as “Nazis” or “fascists.”<\/p>\n

“I’m not going to compare anyone to like Hitler or anything. That’s wrong.\u00a0And if you resort to that thing, you’ve lost the plot,” he told Watters.<\/p>\n

Fox News’ Stephanie Samsel contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

Taylor Penley is an associate editor with Fox News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., drew a sharp contrast between New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4203,6885,2388,17668,11995,9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":["post-28218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-democrats-elections","tag-fn-flash","tag-fox-news-media","tag-jesse-watters-primetime","tag-john-fetterman","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}