Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said he’d leave the Democratic Party if it officially adopts an anti-Israel position, his remarks coming the same week a majority of House Democrats voted for an amendment to end U.S. military aid to Israel.
“If they put that in our platform—no aid for Israel—and officially become the anti-Israel party, then yeah, that’s a red line for me,” Fetterman told NBC News on Thursday. “Democrats, we always should support Israel. That’s our special ally.”
The House vote itself would not prompt him to leave the party, he said, calling it “a symbolic thing” in a separate interview with CNN the same day….
Sen. Fetterman Says He’ll Leave Democratic Party If It ‘Officially’ Becomes Anti-Israel
