John Fetterman, Pennsylvania's Lt. Governor, isn't a progressive. He says he's just being honest. [View all]
John Fetterman, the former mayor of Braddock, was elected lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania in 2018, beating out better-funded opponents.
He is not a democratic socialist, although he was a big supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders, and he doesn't even like the label of "progressive."
Fetterman, who lives in a remodeled Chevy dealership, believes his politics can best be described as honesty — honesty about the world in which billionaires receive tax cuts while working-class wages stagnate.
"If you're willing to argue that $7.25 cents an hour is an appropriate or fair minimum wage, then you're a liar. It's outrageous. It's despicable," Fetterman said in an interview with Business Insider, referring to a federal minimum wage that hasn't been raised since the last recession in 2009. "It condemns people to a life below poverty-line subsistence. It's deeply un-American. It's deeply unfair."
"That's not 'progressive,'" Fetterman maintained. "That's the f---ing truth."
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