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Posted on 06/13/2025 5:16:31 PM PDT by lightman
Democrat Sen. John Fetterman’s (PA) recent comments urging Israel to continue targeting Iranian leadership and nuclear personnel mark a surprising shift from the typical left-wing talking points on Middle East policy. In a bold statement that aligns more closely with a strong national defense and pro-Israel stance traditionally championed by the right, Fetterman made it clear he supports Israel’s right to defend itself with decisive action.
“Our commitment to Israel must be absolute, and I fully support this attack. Keep wiping out Iranian leadership and the nuclear personnel. We must provide whatever is necessary—military, intelligence, weaponry—to fully back Israel in striking Iran," Fetterman wrote on X.
Fetterman’s comments follow Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz’s declaration of a state of emergency, issued after Israel launched a strategic strike targeting Iranian leadership and its nuclear development infrastructure on Thursday.
The senator has been a steadfast supporter of Israel, frequently distancing himself from members of his own party who have downplayed the severity of Hamas’s terrorist attacks. On his social media, he pinned a video from 2023 showing his Senate office adorned with posters of every hostage taken by Hamas, vowing they will remain up until each individual is safely returned home.
Fetterman has strongly criticized Iran's possession of 900 pounds of uranium enriched up to 60 percent, warning that continued negotiations are futile given Iran’s clear commitment to developing a nuclear weapon. He also argued that the global community and left-leaning media should be outraged at Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the surge in antisemitism, not at Israel, which he described as the Middle East’s only true democracy and a nation that upholds genuine progressive values.
“We cannot allow that. We can’t negotiate with this regime,” he wrote on X.
Also backing Fetterman is his Republican counterpart, Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA), who voiced strong support for Israel’s military action against Iran. He called it a necessary step to stop the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism from obtaining nuclear weapons. McCormick emphasized that Iran poses a global threat and has American blood on its hands. He added that he and his wife pray for Israel’s success and affirmed his full support for the country’s efforts to protect regional and global security.
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John Fetterman is the most sensible Democrat politician these days.
Does that mean he’s so good, or that the rest of them are so bad?
🤔
It is helping to free the Iranian people.
As usual the stroke victim is the most sensible Democrat politician around.
He should just switch parties.
The answer is the latter. And Federman is not going to last long doing what he has been. The left, before anything else, seeks to eliminate the liberals. Fedderman is showing that he's a liberal, not a leftist. They will go after him with a vengeance.
Right arm! Right arm!
I couldn’t stand him not too long ago, but he’s making more sense than any other dem now.
Elon should open starlink for the Iranian people so they post what is going on in their country
Nice thought. I wonder if he has had it yet too?
Free Starlink for Iran!
Free Iran!
The Ayatollah Ass-a-holas have had this coming for 45 years.
I’ll admit it — afa Israel, this goof is x2 what Oz would have thrown down.
I hope Israel follows through. They can do it without US involvement. Will they?
They better or we’re in for a fight, they’re within our borders we already know.
Does that mean he’s so good, or that the rest of them are so bad?
It means he knows what to say to get in the good graces of the neocons, every other position of his be damned.
I sent him a message on X but will he see it, who knows, I mean Elon gets THOUSANDS of messages per day
Ever seen a picture of modern Tehran? Supposedly satellite dishes are illegal there, but neighborhoods and apartment blocks are absolutely filled with them. People are not sitting ignorant under the mullahs.
Soon the democrat psychos will slither out of their demon holes and start attacking Fetterman.
Tonight I am proud to be a Pennsylvanian, well represented in the US Senate.
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