‘What The F*ck!’ Progressive Cenk Uygur Absolutely Trashes ‘Fraud’ Fetterman Over Harvard, Israel, and ‘Turning Into a Republican’
Progressive commentator Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks went off on Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman over the weekend, calling the Democrat a “fraud” over his recent political stances.
Fetterman has been causing consternation on the left of late with what seems to be some turning away from the progressive image put forth by his campaign in 2022.
Most recently, Fetterman weighed in on the state of free speech at Harvard University, where Claudine Gay was just ousted as president over findings of plagiarism made amid increased scrutiny over her answers to congress about anti-Semitism on campus.
“As an alum of Harvard — look, I graduated 25 years ago, and of course it was always a little pinko. But now, I don’t recognize it,” said Fetterman, who has been steadfastly with President Joe Biden in supporting Israel in the Gaza war.
Uygur, a committed progressive who has declared as a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2024, voiced the frustrations of many liberals who have watched the shift since the election.
Fetterman “is telling everyone how he’s not a progressive, he rejects us and is now calling Harvard ‘pinko.’ What the fuck?” wrote Uygur. “This is why people lose hope, because of frauds like Fetterman.”
“You work hard to get a progressive elected and they turn into Republicans instantly,” he said. In a subsequent tweet he suggested a new poll would show the Senator’s “numbers went down significantly” in Pennsylvania and called him a “cheerleader” for “killing innocent Palestinians.”
Now @JohnFetterman is telling everyone how he's not a progressive, he rejects us and is now calling Harvard "pinko." What the fuck? This is why people lose hope, because of frauds like Fetterman. You work hard to get a progressive elected and they turn into Republicans instantly.
— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) January 6, 2024
Someone should do a poll of @JohnFetterman in PA. I bet his numbers went down significantly after he became the biggest cheerleader for the establishment, biggest supporter of killing innocent Palestinians in Gaza and a huge backer of Biden. That’s not at all who they voted for.
— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) January 6, 2024
Back in December, Uygur said the populist image cultivated by Fetterman was also destroyed, calling him a “mouthpiece for the establishment.”
Fetterman has gone from the last great populist hope on the Democratic side to worse than useless. He’s now enthusiastically taken on the role of mouthpiece for the establishment who attacks anyone challenging Biden or the powerful. Counterproductive poser. #Fraud #PutOnASuit
— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) December 27, 2023
For his part, Sen. Fetterman has not replied to Uygur on his X account.
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