Sen. John Fetterman blasted a rising group of progressive Democratic candidates in New York on Tuesday, accusing them of harboring hostility toward Israel, embracing radical policies, and steering the Democratic Party in a dangerous direction.

Speaking on Fox News Channel’s Hannity, the Pennsylvania Democrat expressed alarm over the success of several left-wing candidates in New York and suggested that traditional Democrats are being pushed aside by a more extreme faction.

“These are the kind of people that are trying to run out of office, I mean, they’re just good traditional kinds of Democrats. You would have expected it in New York City. And now this has just become really, it’s just the dancing days of the dirtbag left. You know, with some of these outrageous candidates. You know, you have candidates. They’re here to abolish ICE, abolish the police, abolish the border, and she even said, F Kamala Harris and more of these outrageous kinds of things.”

Fetterman went on to argue that many of the candidates gaining momentum within the party represent a deeply anti-Israel movement that is increasingly at odds with mainstream Democratic voters.

“I mean, these are the emerging full pro-Hamas wing. You know, a lot of these candidates that very likely are going to win tonight, just declaring a war on just regular Democrats.”

Host Sean Hannity then asked Fetterman why he believes some progressives display such strong opposition to Israel.

“Let me ask this: Why the deep hatred for Israel? Why?”

In response, Fetterman linked anti-Israel sentiment to broader opposition toward the United States and Western values.

“Because I mean, you have such contempt for Israel, I mean, of course, you’re also anti-American, and you’re anti-Western civilization. And you’re anti-capitalism and the American way of life.”

The senator also criticized what he described as the growing embrace of socialist, communist, and Marxist ideologies among some figures on the political left.

“Now, I mean, they’re all socialists, of course. Now there is communists and now Marxists and now they’re proud of this.”

{Matzav.com}