The Democratic freshman senator's willingness to make waves within his own party doesn’t stop at the Middle East.
on Saturday that highlighted how the senator, who had been on thin ice with progressives for his staunch and unconditional support for Israel in its war with Hamas, has shown that his willingness to make waves within his own party doesn’t stop at the Middle East.about a Chester County pipeline, in a video that circulated online earlier this month. Fetterman dismissed her, recorded her and made sarcastic remarks.
FILE - Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., leaves an intelligence briefing at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 14, 2023. Fetterman’s political shift has gained momentum since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel and Israel’s subsequent attack on Gaza, with the brash senator casting aside the label more aggressively and top advisers leaving his team.
But while Fetterman has lost staffers and supporters, he has gained respect from those on the right who once mocked him, and has been invited to speak at Democratic Party events across the country. Annie Wu Henry, a former Fetterman campaign staffer who ran his TikTok and later worked for Ocasio-Cortez, shot back by saying: “In the past, I’ve described the 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race as one where we voted for a candidate with empathy and character. Today, I’m apologizing to everyone who also believed that was the case.”
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