John Fetterman has been playing a different political game lately.
The Pennsylvania Senator seems to understand something his fellow Democrats don’t.
And John Fetterman had one brutal message for Democrats that they didn’t want to hear.
Left-wing terrorism reaches 30-year high as political violence surges
A bombshell study from the Center for Strategic & International Studies revealed a stunning fact most media outlets were ignoring.
Left-wing terrorism had reached a 30-year high.
The research compiled data on 750 domestic attacks and plots between 1994 and July 2025, and the results were eye-opening.
At least five left-wing plots or attacks had already been recorded in 2025, compared to just one right-wing attack.
That’s when U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) decided to share the study and deliver a brutal reality check his party desperately needed to hear.
"Political violence is always wrong — no exceptions," Fetterman posted on social media along with the study. "We must all turn the temperature down."
But here’s where Fetterman delivered his most brutal message to Democrats.
He went directly after the inflammatory rhetoric his own party had been using for months.
"Unchecked extreme rhetoric, like labels as Hitler or fascist, will foment more extreme outcomes," Fetterman wrote.¹
The timing of his statement was particularly pointed, coming weeks after conservative leader Charlie Kirk’s assassination on September 10, where bullet casings were found etched with messages like "Hey fascist! Catch!"
This was the truth Democrats didn’t want to hear – their words were getting people killed.
Democrats ignore Fetterman’s warning and double down on dangerous rhetoric
Despite Fetterman’s message, some Democrats proved they learned nothing from the Kirk assassination.
Just days after Fetterman’s warning, California Governor Gavin Newsom’s official press office account posted: "STEPHEN MILLER IS A FASCIST!" – targeting White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.²
When Miller responded asking "Why do you think they posted this?", Newsom’s office doubled down, replying "because you’re a fascist."
The hypocrisy was staggering, and it proved Fetterman’s brutal assessment was exactly right.
While some Democrats initially condemned Kirk’s murder, they quickly returned to the same inflammatory language that created the toxic environment in the first place.
Pennsylvania Senator’s brutal message exposes uncomfortable truth
Look, here’s what Fetterman’s brutal message really means.
Smart Democrats can see the writing on the wall after Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the surge in left-wing terrorism.
The American people are watching, and they’re connecting the dots between years of "fascist" rhetoric and actual political violence.
For folks who work for a living and just want to live their lives in peace, this kind of extremism is deeply disturbing.
They remember when political disagreements didn’t end in assassination attempts and murder.
Fetterman’s brutal message to his party was simple: you can’t keep pretending your side doesn’t have a violence problem while the bodies pile up.
The CSIS study he shared proves what many conservatives have been saying for years – left-wing terrorism is surging, and Democrat rhetoric is fueling the fire.
What makes Fetterman’s brutal truth-telling even more significant is that he isn’t some moderate Democrat.
He’s been trying to position himself as more reasonable lately, but calling out his own party’s dangerous rhetoric takes real political courage.
The question now is whether other Democrats will listen to Fetterman’s brutal message or continue down the same destructive path that led to Charlie Kirk’s murder.
The brutal truth Fetterman delivered is one Democrats desperately needed to hear, even if they didn’t want to listen.
¹ Elizabeth Weibel, "John Fetterman Shares Study of ‘Left-Wing Terrorism’ Reaching 30-Year High, Slams Dems’ ‘Extreme Rhetoric’," Breitbart, September 28, 2025.
² "Newsom Attacks Stephen Miller, Calls Him ‘A Fascist’," Breitbart, September 27, 2025.
