John Fetterman Reveals ‘the One Thing’ That Would Make Him Leave Democratic Party

Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) revealed that “the one thing” that would make him leave the Democratic Party would be if it became an “anti-Israel party” and if denying Israel’s “right to defend itself and to exist” became “a formal part of our platform.”

The senator has been unequivocal in his support for Israel and a staunch advocate for the country’s interests in Congress since the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, 2023.

Since President Donald Trump returned to office, Fetterman has repeatedly criticized fellow Democratic lawmakers’ comments toward the administration and broken with colleagues on some votes – although he votes alongside party lines most of the time.

Despite past reports that Senate Republicans were hoping to flip Fetterman, he has shrugged off the idea of crossing the aisle.

Speaking with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Hannity Wednesday night, however, the senator admitted there was one line that, if crossed, would prompt him to leave the Democratic Party, and that concerns Israel.

“My real concern is the Democratic Party is going to put it into the platform, you know, as an anti-Israel party, that Israel does not have the right to defend itself and to exist,” he said. “And the second that becomes a formal part of our platform, that’s the one thing that would push me out of this party.”

“I’m deeply alarmed by the way the Democratic Party is going after Israel and allowing just rank anti-semitism to just flourish, you know, on the left and on the campuses too,” he added.

Fetterman’s comments came as he was pressed on the insurgent wave of progressive and self-described democratic socialist candidates winning primaries, in both Colorado and New York, pushing out long-serving incumbents with campaigns that focus, in part, on opposing U.S. support for Israel’s war on Gaza.

The senator claimed that one thing the new generation of candidates had in “common” was “contempt for Israel” that he said was “essentially” becoming “anti-Semitism.”

Watch via Fox News.

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