{"id":545146,"date":"2026-07-16T23:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T23:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/545146\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T23:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T23:19:09","slug":"fetterman-lays-out-red-line-over-leaving-democratic-party-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/545146\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman lays out \u2018red line\u2019 over leaving Democratic Party: Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Sen. John Fetterman bluntly warned on Thursday that he would leave the Democratic Party if it adopts an anti-Israel policy \u2014 one of his most direct threats yet amid the first-term Pennsylvanian\u2019s intensifying battle with progressives over the direction of their party.\n <\/p>\n

\n Fetterman attacked the progressive left, in an interview with CNN\u2019s Manu Raju, over pushing the party to embrace policies against the Israeli government amid the crisis in Gaza and its role in the Iran war.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThat\u2019s my red line,\u201d Fetterman said Thursday. \u201cIf the Democratic Party becomes official anti-Israel, then that\u2019s when I would force me out.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n More than 100 House Democrats voted to block billions in military aid to Israel<\/a> on Wednesday, the most ever, underscoring the sharp shift particularly with younger voters and the liberal base. Fetterman said that House vote wouldn\u2019t force him to leave the party, calling it merely \u201csymbolic.\u201d But he made clear what would cause him to bolt.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIf they make it the official platform of the party, then that\u2019s a much different situation,\u201d Fetterman said.\n <\/p>\n

\n Fetterman added: \u201cI think it\u2019s fantastic to keep killing Hamas leadership. I think it\u2019s fantastic, same for Hezbollah. \u2026 Democrats were proud to stand with Israel. And look at where we are now.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Fetterman, who campaigned for office as a populist progressive and railed against the likes of former moderate Sen. Joe Manchin, has been in an increasingly pitched battle with the left. He has taken a hardline stance on immigration enforcement, broken with his party over its strategy during government shutdown fights and has been an unapologetic supporter of the Israeli government. And he has railed against liberal Senate candidates, like in Michigan and in Maine, including progressive Graham Platner, whom Fetterman called \u201ca piece of shit.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cAsk Bernie, why did he push that trash?\u201d Fetterman said, referring to Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent and progressive leader.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cLook at the kinds of people that we\u2019ve elected in the primaries, not just pro-Palestinian, just intensely, intensely anti-Israel,\u201d he said, slamming candidates like Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan for campaigning with controversial podcaster Hasan Piker.<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

\n But Fetterman, who is up for reelection in 2028, is increasingly in danger in his own party. A new Quinnipiac poll this week found that a majority of registered Pennsylvania Democratic voters want him to leave the party.\n <\/p>\n

\n Fetterman was perplexed when asked by CNN about the poll\u2019s findings.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt\u2019s strange that a guy that votes a 90% Democratic line and 80% approval of Republicans. How is that? Do you explain that? I don\u2019t understand that too,\u201d Fetterman said. \u201cBut if I become more unpopular with Democrats, then I think it\u2019s really a strong correlation with being very proud Israel supporter.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Fetterman wouldn\u2019t say if he would run for reelection in 2028 \u2014 or in the primary as a Democrat.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of time,\u201d Fetterman said.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sen. John Fetterman bluntly warned on Thursday that he would leave the Democratic Party if it adopts an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-545146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}