Fetterman calls out 'absolute socialist' Seattle mayor and 'avowed communist' Graham Platner

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., called out several rising Democratic stars on Wednesday as outright "socialist" or "communist" in the party's efforts to cater to the fringe base.

"I think the extremism is driving it without a doubt," Fetterman said in a Reason interview. "Look at the primaries, you know, all across in the Senate and in the House and look at the kinds of people that have already been elected."

He continued, "Like, for example, the mayor in Seattle, she's an absolute socialist...