Fetterman also warned his party not to turn the next two years ‘into a circus of constant hearings’ about getting ‘payback’ on the Trump administration
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman signaled that he would consider quitting the Democratic Party if the caucus elected Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen as majority leader, citing disagreements over U.S. policy toward Israel.
Fetterman was asked Saturday on Fox News whether there was a “red line” that would prompt him to walk away from his party if it moved further to the left.
“Yeah, absolutely,” Fetterman said in a clip highlighted on X by journalist Aaron Rupar. “It would be troubling if my caucus elects someone like Van Hollen that has really made his name being very anti-hostile to Israel, you know. If you are going to be angry or hostile towards any countries in the region, why not make that, you know, Iran or Hezbollah or Hamas as well too?”
He is just waiting for a lame excuse to officially turn his coat.
He basically already has quit, hasn’t he? And although it would be nice to have, the new Democratic majority doesn’t really need his vote to get shit done anymore. It’s a really strange time to double down against a historic voter mandate lol
Pretty much every strategist knew the Dems needed 52 senators to “Fetterman proof” their majority. He’s loyal to his donors, not to anything else.
“Need his vote” implies that anything he would have voted for was worth having in the first place.
Honestly all these democrats that are too right wing to appreciate the progressiveness of the people’s will should quit the party, at least that would make it easier for the progressives to lead the party (even if starting from a minority) into an actual leftist option in the future.
Really?
You promise?
All of these ghouls should move to Israel since they love it so much.
Can we fire him?
Unfortunately, not, unless the Senate expels him. Voters don’t even have the right to do a recall.
The next “best” option is censure and expulsion from the party. Particularly with censure, he can lose his committee assignments and be shunned. With the Democrats holding (hopefully) 56 seats, they have more power to do that without damaging things too much. It isn’t like when there was the 50-50 splits and the party had to genuflect before Sinema and Manchin to beg them to vote correctly.
Hopefully, the Pennsylvania Democratic Party will do the right thing and replace this idiot when he comes up for reelection in 2028.
So? Quit then. Nobody will even notice.
The 2 leading causes of conservatism are vast wealth and brain damage. This is an example of the later
LEAVE YOU HUMAN GARBAGE!
What a Kwyjibo
Quit and get the fuck out of Congress you giant traitorous ogre.
Fetterman left the party a while ago, back around the brain damage. The weakness of the party has kept him around.
It will be interesting to see how the Dems manage the new rotation. With ~55 votes in the Senate they will need multiple ‘villains of the week’. Sort of how the GOP the last two years has had to keep the ‘sane person of the week’ to a minimum on account of thin majorities and keeping Trump happy.
The fact that he hasnt been kicked out of the party yet is proof to me that the party need better leadership.
No one cares what you think, you giant twat. Leave already.
