Senator John Fetterman stunned CNN anchor Dana Bash when he candidly told her that the worst and most personal attacks he receives come from the far left, not the right, and that his digital team identified Bluesky as the epicenter of vicious death wishes and graphic harassment. His account — that left-wing users were literally cheering for his next stroke, posting gifs of a stroke, and even saying things like “the doctor let us down” — should make every decent American’s stomach turn.
Listening to Fetterman describe people wishing him dead is a gut-punch because it exposes what years of unchecked radicalism has done to a once-respectable political movement: it has normalized cruelty. These are not garden-variety insults; they are dehumanizing, violent sentiments aimed at a sitting senator who survived a serious health episode, and the fact that the media treats this as a novelty instead of a national scandal is disgraceful.
That is exactly why it was necessary and honest for Dave Rubin to amplify the moment, sharing the clip and calling attention to how even mainstream outlets sometimes blink at the left’s uglier impulses while pretending to be neutral. Rubin’s platform did what the rest of the legacy press often will not do: show the public the raw footage and force a conversation about the toxicity the left shelters and sometimes fans.
Make no mistake, this isn’t an isolated gripe; it’s part of a pattern where ideological purity tests and online mobs have replaced civil disagreement within the Democratic coalition. The same networks and influencers who scream about “disinformation” won’t call out the mobs in their own ranks, and anchors like Dana Bash appearing shocked on camera only highlights how complacent the media establishment has become.
Platforms like Bluesky, which attract left-leaning communities, have shown that when moderation fails or when ideological echo chambers form, they can turn into breeding grounds for threat-filled harassment rather than forums for debate. If we care about free speech and civic health, we must demand platform accountability and stop giving cover to violent rhetoric simply because it comes from the “right” team.
This episode should be a wake-up call to every working American who values decency: reject the mob, reject the violence cloaked as political passion, and stand for the principle that disagreement does not give anyone the right to wish harm on another human being. Senators, journalists, and everyday citizens must call out this behavior wherever it comes from and rebuild a politics where men and women can argue without celebrating each other’s destruction.
