Let’s be honest: There aren’t many rational, ‘moderate’ Democrats left. And the few who are certainly are notable. One of them is Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania. It’s true this guy generally votes with his party, but he’s not a loon and he’s bucked his party on key issues like keeping the government open and allowing President Trump to exercise his commander-in-chief role taking on Iran.
Now, Fetterman has rejected calls for him to become a Republican in the past. But let’s be clear: He hasn’t completely ruled it out. And in fact, he just revealed what it would take for him to officially ditch his increasingly far-left party:
During an appearance on Fox News, host Sean Hannity asked Fetterman what could convince him to leave the Democrats. “You know, the one thing that absolutely is in common is just contempt for Israel that essentially is becoming just rank antisemitism,” Fetterman said.
The senator criticized members of his party for their stance on the war in Gaza. “The individual that just won in Colorado, she refused to describe the situation where someone firebombed a group of Jews that was just rallying for the Israeli hostages at that time and killed a woman,” he said. “She refused to even address that. It is that antisemitic. So this is the point.”
Fetterman continued, noting that there is a “strong correlation” with “anti-Israel drifting into antisemitism, very, very intensely anti-American. And now just here, that individual also believes America deserved 9/11, and of course, Israel deserved the massacre of October 7th.”
The senator took aim at Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner while offering praise for other Democratic candidates. But he also railed against the leftward lurch his party is experiencing with more candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) winning critical primary races.
“I don’t know why we have other Democrats, you know, even people that are calling for their jobs in leadership saying ‘you’re next, you’re next,’” he said. “Why can’t you just push back and say these are abhorrent beliefs, you know, communism, socialism.”
“What my real concern is, the Democratic Party is going to become, and put it into the platform, an anti-Israel party, that Israel does not have the right to defend itself and to exist,” Fetterman continued.
He added, “And the second that becomes a formal part of our platform, that’s the one thing that would push me out of this party because I’m deeply alarmed the way the Democratic Party is going after Israel and allowing rank antisemitism to just flourish, you know, in the left on the campuses as well too.”
Sen. John Fetterman explains the one thing the Democratic Party could do to make him leave.
"My real concern is the Democratic Party is going to put it into the platform … as an anti-Israel party" pic.twitter.com/SwaxlFKZaX
— Jeff Charles, Asker of Questions? (@jeffcharlesjr) July 2, 2026
I’ve often said I can’t understand why most Jews in America continue to vote for a party whose members actively target and deride them. Fetterman sees it too. “I’m not a member of the Jewish community, but if I was one, it would be bleak as a Jewish voter in the Democratic Party,” he said recently.
Amen, brother.
