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Related: About this forumFetterman, Breaking With the Left on Israel, Rejects 'Progressive' Label - NYT
Cross posting from Editorial, but important
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016370299
In April 2022, during his Senate primary campaign in Pennsylvania, John Fetterman spoke enthusiastically about his unqualified support for Israel and said he did not consider himself a progressive when it came to his views on the Jewish state.
Whenever Im in a situation to be called on to take up the cause of strengthening and enhancing the security of Israel or deepening our relationship between the United States and Israel, Im going to lean in, Mr. Fetterman, then the lieutenant governor, told Jewish Insider at the time. When it came to far-left Democrats who harshly criticized Israel, he added, I would also respectfully say that Im not really a progressive in that sense.
So as the left has turned against Mr. Fetterman in recent weeks, branding him #GenocideJohn for his unequivocal support of Israels fierce retaliation against Hamas in response to the groups Oct. 7 terrorist attacks, the senator has dug in.
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Mr. Fetterman has rejected calls for a cease-fire, filled the walls of the hallway outside his Senate office with photos of the hostages taken by Hamas, draped himself in an Israeli flag and even waved one provocatively in the face of pro-Palestinian demonstrators. A large Israeli flag even hangs on the wall behind his desk, positioned to be visible in his Zoom shots. In forcefully inserting himself into an issue that has exposed a deep divide in the Democratic Party as the death toll in Gaza has risen, Mr. Fetterman has shattered any lasting perception that he is a progressive warrior in lock step with the left.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/us/politics/john-fetterman-progressive-israel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Hk0.8tra.cjtbK2-DJ4Em&smid=url-share
reymega life
(675 posts)those people openly support Hamas and rip down posters of hostages and are the reason synagogues need armed guards.
PTL_Mancuso
(276 posts)In this matter he is not representing me nor many of my acquaintances. Genocide is Genocide and he is pushing for it.
Hate to see him tarnish like that.
question everything
(48,898 posts)The OP appears on a regular forum and a link is provided.
Please delete this one and, if so desired, repost on the other forum.
Thank you
Richard D
(9,375 posts). . . how antisemitism, er, antizionism, because a progressive value. Boggled.