Cenk Uygur on X: "John Fetterman went +68 in approval among Democratic voters in his state to -40. National media is trying to figure out why. Let me buy you clue - number of Democrats who view Israel positively is down to 13%. He's the biggest advocate for Israel's war crimes in Democratic Party." / X

How They Deceive You

Cenk gets the raw numbers right—Fetterman's net approval among Pennsylvania Democrats really did crater from +68 to -40 in that Quinnipiac poll, and Democratic favorability toward Israel has plunged to just 13% nationally. Those are solid facts, no dispute. Where it goes off the rails is Cenk's big causal leap: he frames his pro-Israel stance as the "biggest" reason for the drop ("let me buy you a clue"), the symbolic heart of Fetterman's "turn from populist to establishment ass kisser." But polls like Quinnipiac don't ask for reasons, and coverage from NBC, Politico, and The Hill lists Israel support as one factor among others—like Fetterman's harsh criticism of Democratic immigration policies, his vote with Republicans to avert a November 2025 shutdown (which he blamed Dems for risking SNAP cuts), and his memoir calling out party elites for losing working-class voters. It's monocausal spin that ignores those to laser-focus on Israel, fitting Cenk's anti-establishment, anti-Zionist narrative. Fair to highlight it as a piece of the puzzle, but not the whole picture without evidence.