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Posted on 07/10/2025 9:55:23 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Democratic Sen. John Fetterman (PA) broke ranks with his party once again after sharply condemning fellow Democrats who have called to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Fetterman warned that dismantling ICE would undermine national security and border enforcement, arguing that such calls play into harmful political rhetoric rather than addressing the real challenges of immigration reform. The rare voice of common sense within the party, Fetterman emphasized that ICE plays a vital role in protecting the United States.
"ICE performs an important job for our country. Any calls to abolish ICE are [100 percent] inappropriate and outrageous," the senator wrote on X on Thursday.
Meanwhile, several prominent Democrats have renewed calls to abolish ICE as the Trump administration ramps up its deportations of criminal illegal immigrants.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), a vocal critic of ICE, has labeled the agency a "rogue organization" and has vowed to fight President Donald Trump's efforts to remove illegal aliens from the nation's streets.
Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) introduced a bill seeking to dismantle ICE, claiming that the agency has deviated from its core mission and has become a tool of intimidation against immigrant communities.
Additionally, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has also condemned ICE’s conduct during the Trump administration and called for replacing the agency with a system that better aligns with American values and more effectively manages immigration.
Fetterman better watch his back. His party may try to take him out.
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I’d say Fetterman is the only sane liberal right now.
Which is weird because he is the one with the most mental damage (from the stroke), yet he’s the most sane of them all. That doesn’t speak well to their party all at.
The stroke must have somehow stymied the mental,illness that liberals experience.
That's certainly a possibility. But another possibility also exists.
If I were a sane liberal politician, in today's Democrat party, I would be keeping my mouth shut and voting moderately. The leftist crazies are running rampant and making a lot of noise, and their insane shock troops are actively dangerous. I suspect that some number of liberals are quiet about it. It would be the sane thing to do.
A large number of Americans actively and vocally support MAGA, but an even larger number do so quietly, because they're in an environment loaded with insane leftists.
I live in Ithaca NY, so I know whereof I speak.
OK, the only sane and brave liberal then- he’s certainly taking a stand agaisnt them, can’t take that away from him. He knows the risk I’m sure, and has decided apparently,that it’s worth the risk sta ding up for what he believes to be right. (Which appears to,be moderate liberalism, hes certainly no republican, but also not a far left lunatic liberal either.) Sinema and even Manchin a bit also took stands- (until Manchin caved when offered a lucrative job for his daughter)
I applaud the man, but do worry for him having to face the lunatic fringe of the party
Fetterman v6 is definitely an improvement
Fetterman is a stud. POTUS should endorse him.
About 10 years ago the mayor of Hazelton, (eastern) PA, declared the city off-limits to “immigrants”.
Of course, he was immediately unpopular with the press but perhaps Fetterman took up that gauntlet...
Where, oh where, will the Demonrats get their illegal drugs?
How he talks is one thing. But how does he vote?
Fetterman breaks ranks until it is time to vote.
Manchin 2.0
HOW SOON BEFORE HE CHANGES HIS PARTY????
He votes consistently Democrat. I'd like to see him break ranks with his votes, not just his voice, before he switches parties.
Then again, there are a few alleged Republicans who vote Democrat far too much for comfort too.....
I don’t think Senator Fetterman plans on changing parties.
But I do think he’s figured out that the current leadership of his party has gone completely off the rails. Once the voters have cashiered the entire bunch, he’ll be the logical choice to lead the party out of the wilderness.
And, frankly, it seems like a practical strategy given today’s Dem leadership.
P.S. I’m not sure it this will post. I haven’t commented in a long, long, time, but the comment block appeared anyway. By the way, my tagline is decades old, but we finally got Trump, version 2.0, and now it’s finally happening.
Heads up.....The entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is experiencing a Statewide 911 outage.
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