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宾夕法尼亚州参议员在接受查尔斯·赫特专访时称普拉特纳退选是“垃圾自己滚了”
作者：查尔斯·克赖茨，福克斯新闻
在杰西·沃特斯黄金时段节目中，缅因州前民主党参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉纳特因性侵指控退选后，宾夕法尼亚州联邦参议员约翰·费特曼对其进行了激烈驳斥。
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格雷厄姆·普拉特纳的政治垮台不仅毁掉了缅因州这场丑闻缠身的参议院竞选，还彻底完成了宾夕法尼亚州参议员约翰·费特曼的公开转变：从伯尼·桑德斯背书的进步主义民粹主义者，变身为左翼阵营最激进的内部批评者之一。
费特曼是最早公开批评普拉纳特不断升级的争议的知名民主党人之一，尽管许多党内领袖仍在支持这位丑闻缠身的候选人，直到一名前女友公开指控普拉纳特强奸——普拉纳特否认了这一指控。这一指控促使民主党仅剩的支持支柱纷纷倒戈。
周三晚间，费特曼在接受福克斯新闻主持人查尔斯·赫特的“杰西·沃特斯黄金时段”采访时，猛烈抨击了他曾经的政治盟友、佛蒙特州独立参议员伯尼·桑德斯。
“垃圾自己滚了，”当赫特问及谁该为普拉纳特的混乱局面承担最大责任时，费特曼这样评价普拉纳特的退选。
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（配图：2026年6月9日周二，宾夕法尼亚州民主党参议员约翰·费特曼（中）在讲台上观看佛蒙特州独立参议员伯尼·桑德斯（右）发言，俄勒冈州民主党参议员杰弗里·默克利（左）站在一旁。阿尔·德拉戈/盖蒂图片社摄）
“当然，伯尼·桑德斯需要向缅因州选民以及所有为这场彻底搞砸的竞选捐款的人道歉，”费特曼说。
桑德斯最终在指控曝光后呼吁普拉纳特退出竞选，但费特曼认为，这位佛蒙特州进步派人士首先应当为当初助推普拉纳特参选道歉。
“他比任何人都更把‘P·哈斯尔’推上了竞选舞台。而现在他还在支持这些共产主义者和这类糟糕的反美分子。”
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系桑德斯、费特曼和普拉纳特的竞选团队置评。
约翰·费特曼从英雄变异端，暴露民主党左转趋势
（配图：2026年6月9日周二，缅因州民主党联邦参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉纳特在缅因州布鲁克林希尔的蓝山基督教青年会初选之夜活动上。进步派民主党人格雷厄姆·普拉纳特在激烈的缅因州参议院初选中获胜，这场竞选不仅围绕他过往不当行为的指控展开，也关乎选民最关心的议题。格雷姆·斯隆/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社摄）
此番言论标志着费特曼经历了显著的政治蜕变，他近期承认自己在部分共和党选民中比在本党内更受欢迎。
“出于某种奇怪的原因，我在共和党人中更受欢迎，这很令人困惑，因为我在民主党阵营的投票率处于90%分位，”费特曼今年3月在接受《新闻国家》采访时表示，他补充称自己支持以色列，也支持唐纳德·特朗普总统针对伊朗的“史诗级行动”。
利哈伊大学教授、前宾夕法尼亚州政治科学协会主席克里斯·博里克称，费特曼与桑德斯及民主党进步派阵营关系的转变“极具戏剧性”。
“作为关注宾夕法尼亚州政治的人，我找不到任何类似的案例，可以与费特曼短时间内在一系列议题上的立场转变相提并论，”博里克说，“我们见过像阿伦·斯佩克特那样换党的人……但就如此迅速地在最关键层面脱离阵营而言，费特曼的转变在该州是前所未有的。”
费特曼与左翼的决裂不仅限于桑德斯阵营。在宾夕法尼亚州，他日益独立的姿态也让他与州民主党领导层的部分成员拉开了距离，包括打破了一些党派惯例。
州参议员道格·马斯特里亚诺（共和党，葛底斯堡）曾在费特曼担任副议长并主持参议院期间在宾州参议院任职，他表示这位民主党人与自己存在“政治分歧”，但通常“和蔼且尊重他人”。
他谈到了在哈里斯堡参议院议事厅的一次互动：当时费特曼得知马斯特里亚诺收集了创纪录数量的选民签名，得以挑战时任总检察长乔希·夏皮罗竞选州长。
“费特曼参议员从议长席走下来，向我表示祝贺，说：‘道格，3万份签名。这真的很了不起，干得漂亮。’这本不是他必须做的事，”马斯特里亚诺告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
“我无法评价格雷厄姆的政治蜕变——那只有他自己能解释。但我确实尊重任何愿意说出自己想法、独立思考、将他们认为的美国利益放在首位的人，即便这么做可能在本党内不受欢迎，”马斯特里亚诺说，他称费特曼似乎“将宾夕法尼亚州的利益置于政治之上”。
费特曼近期抢了本州民主党旗手、州长乔希·夏皮罗的风头：他与共和党参议员戴维·麦考密克合作，在国家广场为“美国大州博览会”争取到展位，而州长办公室此前称时间太紧、参展商兴趣不足，无法举办该活动。
夏皮罗的前任、州长汤姆·沃尔夫——费特曼在沃尔夫第二任期内担任副州长——似乎也对这位本党新特立独行者毫无好感。
“我有想法，但不必再分享了，”已基本退出公共生活的沃尔夫今年3月在评价费特曼的工作表现时说道。
两人在哈里斯堡任职期间，费特曼与桑德斯关系密切，并凭借进步主义民粹主义浪潮当选副州长——副州长职位的初选选票与州长职位是分开的。
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宾夕法尼亚州政治分析师、总部位于阿伦敦的利德尔集团首席策略师萨姆·陈告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，费特曼从桑德斯盟友转变为批评者是一次重大转变，同时他质疑民主党政治环境是否促成了这次决裂。
“费特曼确实得到了桑德斯的帮助——甚至在费特曼第一次参议院竞选时……以及后来对阵我们原本认为很可能是领跑者的康纳·兰姆时。”
“桑德斯确实帮助费特曼崭露头角，助他成功当选，”陈说，并称这位参议员近期对桑德斯的谴责是他与进步派阵营的“最大决裂”。
不过，陈质疑费特曼与桑德斯在普拉纳特问题上的决裂，与其说是政策分歧，不如说是关乎判断力、品格和候选人素质。
“我在想，如果普拉纳特拥有他现在的所有政策主张，但没有骷髅头纹身或女性指控，费特曼还会持这种立场吗？”
在2018年副州长竞选期间，费特曼曾将桑德斯的背书作为其进步主义资历的证明，称这位佛蒙特州参议员是少数几个支持“小人物”的全国政客之一。当时费特曼还是匹兹堡外围工业城镇布罗多克的市长，但其民粹主义形象已经吸引了全国关注。
桑德斯也亲自前往宾夕法尼亚州为费特曼背书：“约翰的竞选所代表的……是我们将改变这个国家，建立一个为所有人服务的政府，而不仅仅是为富有的竞选捐赠者服务，”据PBS费城分社报道，他当时说道。
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（配图：2022年11月15日，华盛顿特区，约翰·费特曼参议员前往美国国会山与参议院民主党议员共进午餐。德鲁·安格/盖蒂图片社摄）
自当选参议员以来，宾夕法尼亚州的民主党团体，包括波科诺地区的门罗县民主党，已给他贴上了“叛徒”的标签，而《Punchbowl》称他目前的政治处境“岌岌可危”，并报道称该州众议院代表团成员无人证实会支持他2028年的连任竞选。
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“国会进步核心小组”成员、代表费特曼家乡、意识形态上更贴近桑德斯的众议员萨默·李告诉该媒体，这位日益孤立的参议员参选“将自担风险”。
陈表示，费特曼的进步主义“资历”依然存在，他在LGBTQ权利、大麻和堕胎问题上仍一贯持自由派立场——并补充称，作为市长或副州长期间，外交政策立场并非关键因素。不过他认为，围绕普拉纳特的斗争表明，费特曼已经与将他带入全国政坛的进步派联盟渐行渐远。
Platner collapse completes John Fetterman’s break from Sanders socialists who put him in Senate
July 10, 2026 1:22pm EDT / Fox News
Pennsylvania senator calls Platner’s withdrawal ‘the trash took itself out’ in a Fox News interview with Charles Hurt
By Charles Creitz, Fox News
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., issued a fiery rebuttal to former Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner after he dropped out of the race following sexual assault allegations on ‘Jesse Watters Primetime.’
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Graham Platner’s political collapse did more than derail a scandal-plagued Senate campaign in Maine. It also completed Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman’s public transformation from a Bernie Sanders-backed progressive populist to one of the left’s most aggressive internal critics.
Fetterman was among the first prominent Democrats to call out Platner’s mounting controversies, even as many party leaders continued backing the scandal-plagued candidate until a former girlfriend publicly accused Platner of rape, an allegation he denies. The accusation prompted the remaining pillars of Democratic support to collapse.
By Wednesday night, Fetterman laid into his onetime political ally Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in an interview with Fox News’ Charles Hurt on “Jesse Watters Primetime.”
“The trash took itself out,” Fetterman said of Platner’s withdrawal, as Hurt asked who should be held most responsible for the Platner chaos.
KINGMAKER MAMDANI CALLS ON PLATNER TO ‘DROP OUT OF THE RACE’ AFTER RAPE ALLEGATION
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., center, watches Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right, speak from a podium in front of Sen. Jeffrey Merkley, D-Ore., left.(Al Drago/Getty Images)
“Absolutely, Bernie Sanders needs to apologize to the voters of Maine and to everyone that donated to that train wreck of a campaign,” Fetterman said.
Sanders ultimately called on Platner to end his candidacy after the allegation surfaced, but Fetterman argued the Vermont progressive owed voters an apology for helping elevate him in the first place.
“More than anyone, he pushed ‘P. Hustle’ into the election. And now he keeps pushing these Communists and these kinds of awful, anti-American people.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Sanders, Fetterman and Platner’s campaign for comment.
JOHN FETTERMAN’S FALL FROM HERO TO HERETIC EXPOSES DEMOCRATS’ HARD LEFT TURN
Graham Platner, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate for Maine, during a primary election night event at the Blue Hill YMCA in Blue Hill, Maine, on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. Progressive Democrat Graham Platner won the party’s Senate primary in Maine after a bruising campaign which became as much about his accusations of past misbehavior as it was voters’ top concerns.(Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The comments cap a remarkable political evolution for Fetterman, who recently acknowledged he is more popular with some Republicans than his own party.
“For some strange reason, I am more popular with Republicans, which is confusing because I vote in the 90-percentile Dem-line,” Fetterman told NewsNation in March, adding that he supports Israel and President Donald Trump’s “Operation: Epic Fury” against Iran.
Chris Borick, a professor at Lehigh University and former president of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association, called Fetterman’s change in relationship with Sanders and the Democrats’ progressive wing “dramatic.”
“As someone that follows Pennsylvania politics, I can’t find anything even close in comparison to the shifts that we’ve seen in Fetterman’s positions on an array of matters over a short period of time,” Borick said. “We’ve seen people switch parties, like Arlen Specter… but in terms of a quick departure on the most significant levels, Fetterman’s changes are without precedent in the state.”
Fetterman’s break with the left has not been limited to Sanders-world. In Pennsylvania, his increasingly independent posture has also put distance between him and parts of the state Democratic establishment, including breaking some partisan norms.
State Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Gettysburg, who served in the Pennsylvania Senate while Fetterman was lieutenant governor and presided over the chamber, said the Democrat had “political differences” with him but was typically “gracious and respectful.”
He spoke of an interaction on the Harrisburg Senate floor when Fetterman learned Mastriano accrued a record number of ballot signatures to qualify to run for governor against then-Attorney General Josh Shapiro.
“Senator Fetterman came down from the rostrum, congratulated me, and said, ‘Doug, 30,000. That’s really impressive. Great job.’ It wasn’t something he had to do,” Mastriano told Fox News Digital.
“I can’t speak for Sen. Fetterman’s political evolution — that’s something only he can explain. But I do respect anyone who is willing to speak their mind, think independently, and put what they believe to be America’s interests first, even when doing so may not be popular within their own party,” said Mastriano, who said Fetterman appears to be “putting Pennsylvania ahead of politics.”
Fetterman recently upstaged his home state’s Democratic standard-bearer, Gov. Josh Shapiro, by teaming up with Republican Sen. David McCormick to help secure a booth on the National Mall for the Great American State Fair after the governor’s office said there was too little time and too little vendor interest to assemble one.
Shapiro’s predecessor, Gov. Tom Wolf, with whom Fetterman served as lieutenant governor during Wolf’s second term, also appeared to have no love lost for his party’s new maverick.
“I have thoughts, but I don’t have to share them anymore,” Wolf, who has largely retired from public life, said in March of Fetterman’s job performance.
When the two were in office in Harrisburg, Fetterman was closely aligned with Sanders and rode a wave of progressive populism to the lieutenant governor’s office — which is a separate primary-ballot line from the governorship.
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Sam Chen, a Pennsylvania political analyst and chief strategist at the Allentown-based Liddell Group, told Fox News Digital that Fetterman’s evolution from Sanders ally to critic is a significant one while questioning whether the Democratic Party’s political environment helped cause the break.
“Fetterman was really helped by Sanders — even in Fetterman’s first Senate run … and then against who we really thought was probably the frontrunner in Conor Lamb.”
“Sanders really helped put Fetterman on the map and helped get him over the top,” Chen said, calling the senator’s recent condemnation of Sanders his “biggest break” with the progressive wing.
However, Chen questioned whether Fetterman’s break with Sanders over Platner was less about policy than about judgment, character and candidate quality.
“I wonder if Fetterman would have had this position if Platner had all his policy views that he has now but there was no Totenkopf tattoo or allegations from women.”
During his 2018 lieutenant governor campaign, Fetterman touted Sanders’ endorsement as proof of his progressive bona fides, describing the Vermont senator as one of the few national politicians who had the “little guy’s” back. Fetterman was then still mayor of postindustrial Braddock, a working-class suburb outside Pittsburgh, but his populist profile was already drawing national attention.
Sanders in turn came to Pennsylvania to endorse Fetterman: “What John’s campaign is about … is that we are going to transform this country and create a government that works for all of us, not just wealthy campaign contributors,” he said, according to PBS’ Philadelphia affiliate.
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Sen. John Fetterman heads to a lunch meeting with Senate Democrats at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 15, 2022, in Washington, D.C.(Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Since his election to the Senate, Pennsylvania Democratic groups, including the Monroe County Democratic Party in the Poconos, have branded him a “traitor,” while Punchbowl described his current political standing as “tenuous” and reported that no member of the Keystone State’s House delegation would confirm support for a 2028 reelection bid.
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“Squad” member Rep. Summer Lee, who represents Fetterman’s hometown and is more ideologically aligned with Sanders, told the outlet the increasingly isolated senator would run “at his own peril.”
Chen said Fetterman’s progressive “bona fides” remain, noting he still is reliably liberal on LGBTQ rights, marijuana and abortion — adding that as mayor or lieutenant governor, foreign policy positions were a nonfactor. Still, he argued, the fight over Platner shows how far Fetterman has moved from the progressive coalition that launched him into national politics.