Fetterman Threatens to Quit Democrats Over $3.3 Billion Israel Aid Fight
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 16
Fetterman Threatens to Quit Democrats Over $3.3 Billion Israel Aid Fight
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 16
Summary
John Fetterman said he has no current plans to leave the Democratic Party but would quit if it officially became an "anti-Israel party," calling support for Israel a moral red line.
The Pennsylvania senator tied that warning to what he sees as a broader leftward shift, citing progressive primary winners, anti-Israel rhetoric and renewed "defund the police" politics ahead of the midterms.
A $3.3 billion annual Israel security aid package has become one flashpoint: Fetterman highlighted his opposition to cutting that assistance as another break from parts of his party.
Michigan and Maine served as his cautionary examples, with Fetterman warning that Abdul El-Sayed could endanger a battleground Senate race and faulting Democrats who backed Maine candidate Graham Platner before rape allegations sank his campaign.
His comments add to a pattern of distance from party orthodoxy, including a new bipartisan fundraising PAC with Republican Sen. Dave McCormick and Fetterman's earlier suggestion that he would become an independent before turning Republican.