Fetterman also warned his party not to turn the next two years ‘into a circus of constant hearings’ about getting ‘payback’ on the Trump administration
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman signaled that he would consider quitting the Democratic Party if the caucus elected Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen as majority leader, citing disagreements over U.S. policy toward Israel.
Fetterman was asked Saturday on Fox News whether there was a “red line” that would prompt him to walk away from his party if it moved further to the left.
“Yeah, absolutely,” Fetterman said in a clip highlighted on X by journalist Aaron Rupar. “It would be troubling if my caucus elects someone like Van Hollen that has really made his name being very anti-hostile to Israel, you know. If you are going to be angry or hostile towards any countries in the region, why not make that, you know, Iran or Hezbollah or Hamas as well too?”
He basically already has quit, hasn’t he? And although it would be nice to have, the new Democratic majority doesn’t really need his vote to get shit done anymore. It’s a really strange time to double down against a historic voter mandate lol
Pretty much every strategist knew the Dems needed 52 senators to “Fetterman proof” their majority. He’s loyal to his donors, not to anything else.
“Need his vote” implies that anything he would have voted for was worth having in the first place.