Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has now publicly distanced himself from the hard progressive left for their stance on Israel after weeks of outwardly expressing support for the Jewish state.
Fetterman’s enthusiasm for Israel has long been known, dating back to his U.S. Senate campaign. In April 2022, for instance, he assured Jewish Insider that he would always lean in toward Israel, affirming, “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.”
Interestingly enough, back in 2018, socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) hailed Fetterman as an “outstanding progressive” during his campaign for Lt. Governor. Fetterman also supported the Sanders campaign during the 2016 presidential primary.
Since the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel, Fetterman has firmly stood by his support, earning him the nickname #GenocideJohn from the far left. In a recent interview, Fetterman affirmed that he will not be backing down.
“What I have found out over the last couple of years is that the right, and now the left, are hoping that I die,” Fetterman said. “There are ones that are rooting for another blood clot. They have both now been wishing that I die.”
Fetterman said he feels the progressive label has left him, stating, “It’s just a place where I’m not. I don’t feel like I’ve left the label; it’s just more that it’s left me.”
“I’m not critical if someone is a progressive,” he added. “I believe different things.”
As noted by the New York Times, Fetterman has “rejected calls for a cease-fire, filled the walls of the hallway outside his Senate office with photos of the hostages taken by Hamas, draped himself in an Israeli flag, and even waved one provocatively in the face of pro-Palestinian demonstrators.”
On other issues, Fetterman has diverged from his left-leaning colleagues by urging Democrats to engage with Republicans in a discussion on border security.
“I don’t think it’s unreasonable to have a secured border,” he said in a recent interview. “I would never put Dreamers in harm’s way or support any kind of cruelty or mass expulsion of hundreds of thousands of people. But it’s a reasonable conversation to talk about the border.”
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