Fetterman claims conservatives, progressives ‘are hoping that I die’

There’s one thing that brings right and left together: Having a death wish for Sen. John Fetterman.

That’s according to the man himself, who told the New York Times in a story published Thursday that “I have found out over the last couple years … that the right, and now the left, are hoping that I die.

“There are ones that are rooting for another blood clot,” the Pennsylvania Democrat added, referencing his near-fatal stroke from last year. “They have both now been wishing that I die.”

Once beloved by the far left, Fetterman, 54, has rankled many activists with his staunch support of Israel following the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, and now insists that he’s “not a progressive.”

In response, disgruntled left-wingers have referred to him with the X hashtag “#GenocideJohn” and some have even berated him in person.

The hulking Pennsylvanian, famous for strutting around the Senate in oversized shorts and hoodies, bemoaned what he described as “purity tests” set by his former fellow travelers.

“It’s just a place where I’m not,” he told the Times. “I don’t feel like I’ve left the [progressive] label; it’s just more that it’s left me.”

“I’m not critical if someone is a progressive … I just believe in different things.”

Back in 2016, Fetterman backed Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) bid for the presidency and billed himself as “a Democrat and a progressive.”

He later endorsed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after Sanders exited the race.

“This bizarre purity thing, where people were offended that I was embracing Secretary Clinton when we have Trump on the other side?” Fetterman reflected. “How did that work out for you?”

As mayor of Braddock, Pa. and then as lieutenant governor of the Keystone State, the Democrat earned a reputation for backing many far-left wish list items.

Fetterman insists that he still wants federal legalization of marijuana, a $15 national minimum wage, and universal healthcare.

But his support of Israel and recent admission that he doesn’t believe “it’s unreasonable to have a secured border” have rubbed some on his side of the aisle the wrong way.

“Whenever I’m in a situation to be called on to take up the cause of strengthening and enhancing the security of Israel or deepening our relationship between the United States and Israel, I’m going to lean in,” Fetterman told Jewish Insider in April of last year.

“I would also respectfully say that I’m not really a progressive in that sense.”

On Thursday, he expressed bewilderment to the Times that “the very left progressives in America don’t seem to want to support really the only progressive nation in the [Middle East] that really embraces the same kind of values I would expect we would want as a society.”

“I’m not really sure,” he added, “what part of any of this would be a surprise if anyone’s been paying attention.”