There has been a great deal of speculation on whether Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) is going to leave the Democrat Party and either become an independent or a Republican.
We now have some meaningful insight into what might cause this to happen.
From Misty Severi’s article for justthenews.com, we now have Fetterman’s own words on this subject:
Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman issued a warning to the Democratic Party on Wednesday, stating that he would leave it if the party officially turns its back on Israel.
The warning comes the same day that over 100 House Democrats voted against sending more aid to Israel, though the amendment containing the proposal failed to pass because of wide Republican support.
“If our party ever becomes – and just makes it official – the anti-Israel party, that’s when I would leave because that’s been a moral clarity for me,” Fetterman said during an interview at the Hill Nation Summit in Washington.
“My long-term concern has been with the Democratic Party, as I am a member of that, is that our party is going to back away and turn their back to Israel,” he said. “You look at the kinds of individuals that are winning our recent primaries, it’s becoming more anti-Israel and hostile to [pro-Israel] people.”
The Democrat also blasted his party for supporting candidates like Graham Platner, who dropped from the Maine Senate race because of an alleged sexual assault scandal, and other progressive and socialist candidates.
“As a Democrat, I am angry at people like Bernie Sanders, that pushed that accused rapist. Why did so many people on that left embrace that accused rapist?” he asked. “What was the appeal? Was it no record in public service? Was it the record of the Nazi ink? Was it the crazy things he said online?
So there you have it. Senator Fetterman has made it clear he would leave the Democrat Party if it became anti-Israel, and is unhappy with its embrace of “progressive” (socialist) candidates…
…which leads to an obvious question: where does Senator Fetterman think the Democrat Party is now? At what point does it become clear that his current party has alread crossed the Rubicon on anti-Israel and pro-socialist agendas?
If Fetterman is serious about this – which I am pretty sure he is – then it won’t be long before he is no longer a Democrat. And if he were to leave, the now-marginal possibility that Democrats could gain control of the senate would become a distant hope at best.
Let’s see if it happens.
