Fetterman warns Jewish voters face a 'bleak' future inside the Democratic Party
Sen. John Fetterman stood before a Washington conference on Wednesday and delivered a blunt verdict on his own party: if he were Jewish, the Democratic Party would feel like a dead end.The Pennsylvania Democrat, speaking at an event hosted by the Culture for Peace Institute, said the party's drift on Israel, Iran, and antisemitism has reached a point where Jewish voters have little reason for optimism, and every reason to worry.
"I'm not a member of the Jewish community, but if I was one, it would be bleak as a Jewish voter in the Democratic Party," Fetterman told attendees, as reported by Jewish Insider.
The remarks mark the latest and sharpest installment in Fetterman's running public break with his party over Middle East policy. He named names, pointed to primary results, and warned that the forces pulling Democrats away from Israel are accelerating, not slowing down.
Fetterman names the candidates he says prove his point--Fetterman did not deal in abstractions. He ticked through a roster of Democratic figures he views as evidence that anti-Israel sentiment has become a winning credential inside the party's primary electorate.
"If [Democratic voters are] willing to support these kinds of candidates across the map, look in Michigan [Abdul El-Sayed], look at the one in Maine [Graham Platner], look at New York City [Mayor Zohran Mamdani], look across the map, these are defined by how much anti-Israel rhetoric you can cram into your platform."
Platner drew the harshest fire. The Maine Democratic Senate primary winner, who prevailed on Tuesday, was called a "garbage candidate" by Fetterman, who said Platner had "full-on Nazi ink on his body." Fetterman's willingness to use that language about a fellow Democrat, at a public conference, on the record, underscores how far he has moved from the party's internal norms of polite disagreement.
Fetterman's feud with his party over Platner's candidacy has been building for weeks, and the senator showed no sign of backing down.
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"I'm not a member of the Jewish community, but if I was one, it would be bleak as a Jewish voter in the Democratic Party," Fetterman told attendees, as reported by Jewish Insider.
The remarks mark the latest and sharpest installment in Fetterman's running public break with his party over Middle East policy. He named names, pointed to primary results, and warned that the forces pulling Democrats away from Israel are accelerating, not slowing down.
Fetterman names the candidates he says prove his point--Fetterman did not deal in abstractions. He ticked through a roster of Democratic figures he views as evidence that anti-Israel sentiment has become a winning credential inside the party's primary electorate.
"If [Democratic voters are] willing to support these kinds of candidates across the map, look in Michigan [Abdul El-Sayed], look at the one in Maine [Graham Platner], look at New York City [Mayor Zohran Mamdani], look across the map, these are defined by how much anti-Israel rhetoric you can cram into your platform."
Platner drew the harshest fire. The Maine Democratic Senate primary winner, who prevailed on Tuesday, was called a "garbage candidate" by Fetterman, who said Platner had "full-on Nazi ink on his body." Fetterman's willingness to use that language about a fellow Democrat, at a public conference, on the record, underscores how far he has moved from the party's internal norms of polite disagreement.
Fetterman's feud with his party over Platner's candidacy has been building for weeks, and the senator showed no sign of backing down.
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