“We're the party of pearl clutching, and now we've embraced him, because ... we don't have a choice," Fetterman said. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) lashed out at Maine Senate Democratic nominee Graham Platner on Friday, bashing his multiple scandals and declaring that “he’s not even a Democrat .” “We’re the party of pearl clutching, and now we’ve embraced him, because ... we don’t have a choice. If you can’t really defend him, you could at least say, ‘Well, at least he has ... a D after his name,’