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Greg Gutfeld and his panel recently turned a bright light on the state of the Democratic Party, asking a question that should alarm anyone who watches politics: could Sen. John Fetterman be the party’s last thread of pragmatism while the rest of the left careens toward incoherence. The segment highlighted Fetterman’s odd role as a dissenter within his own caucus — not because he’s a conservative, but because he still speaks plain truth to a party that increasingly prefers dogma over voters.
Fetterman has publicly urged Democrats to “chill out” over every Trump move and warned colleagues against insulting the very voters the party needs to win back, saying he’s not rooting for the president to fail and rejecting the lazy label of “fascist” for millions of Americans. That kind of blunt, electoral-minded talk has infuriated the progressive wing but also exposed the Democrats’ disconnect from the working-class Americans who decide elections.
Conservative observers should be honest: when a Democrat starts telling his party to stop being condescending, you know the left has a messaging problem so severe it’s self-destructive. Fetterman’s stance isn’t principled liberalism so much as survival instinct for a party that keeps alienating male, blue-collar, and swing voters with smug lectures instead of practical solutions. The pushback from Democrats — including murmurings about primary challenges and internal discipline — shows how intolerant the party has become of dissent.
Gutfeld didn’t mince words, arguing Democrats are “paralyzed” by activist trauma and the sunk cost of terrible policies, and that their manufactured talking points have hollowed out any authentic connection with voters. That critique lands because it’s true: a party that substitutes slogans for substance will always lose credibility with people who actually work, pay taxes, and want safe streets and secure borders. Conservatives should welcome any crack in the progressive consensus that forces real debate on policy outcomes rather than performative purity tests.
Still, this isn’t an invitation to celebrate Fetterman as an ally. He remains a Democrat who votes with his party most of the time, and his occasional realism is more a reflection of Pennsylvania politics than a conversion to conservative principles. The prudent response for conservatives is strategic: call out Democrats when they run too far left, hold the line on conservative wins, and be ready to hold Fetterman accountable on policy when political convenience fades.
If there’s a takeaway from this episode, it’s a simple one: the left’s reflexive contempt for the average voter is a weakness, not an inevitability. Gutfeld was right to point out that when a party is sustained by “assigned opinions” rather than real convictions, it becomes brittle and ripe for collapse — and that gives conservatives an opening to make the case for common-sense governance, not just partisan victory.
