{"id":2574708,"date":"2026-02-28T11:19:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-john-fetterman-praises-us-strikes-in-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T11:20:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:20:57","slug":"sen-john-fetterman-praises-us-strikes-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-john-fetterman-praises-us-strikes-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. John Fetterman praises US strikes in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-john-fetterman-praises-us-strikes-in-iran%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2574708&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The piece reports that Senator John Fetterman praised President Trump\u2019s U.S. strikes in Iran following the declaration of a mission called \u201cOperation Epic Fury,\u201d making him one of the first Democrats to support the military action. Fetterman posted on X that Trump has been willing to do what\u2019s right to achieve real peace in the region and offered praise for the United States, its military, and Israel. The article details the broader context: Trump announced the strikes and said the U.S. and Israel targeted Iran, with Fetterman indicating he would support further action if warranted. It contrasts Fetterman\u2019s support with a largely Democratic opposition to the military action, and it notes his prior statements in favor of potential strikes against Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities, and also his vote opposing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maduro-mission-was-a-law-enforcement-operation-trump-admin\/\" title=\"Maduro mission was a &#039;law enforcement operation&#039;: ... admin\">war-powers resolution<\/a> in June. The report also references related coverage and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-trump-just-gave-the-single-best-answer-in-history-to-the-we-have-to-spend-money-on-climate-change-narrative-that-dems-use-non-stop\/\" title=\"Watch: ... Just Gave the Single Best Answer in History to the &#039;We Have to Spend Money on Climate Change&#039; Narrative That Dems Use Non-Stop\">social-media posts surrounding<\/a> the episode.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Fetterman praises US strikes in Iran: Trump&rsquo;s &lsquo;willing to do what&rsquo;s right&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2518426\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-fetterman\/\">John Fetterman<\/a> (D-PA) commended President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> on X Saturday morning for the U.S. strikes in Iran, becoming one of the first Democratic lawmakers to support the military action.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump has been willing to do what&rsquo;s right and necessary to produce real peace in the region,&rdquo; Fetterman said on X. &ldquo;God bless the United States, our great military, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Israel\/\">Israel<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4475510\/congress-split-trump-iran-strike\/\">Congress splits on Trump&#8217;s Iran strikes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4474938\/kamala-harris-records-robocall-jasmine-crockett-texas-senate-primary\/\">Kamala Harris records robocall for Jasmine Crockett in last-ditch effort ahead of Texas Senate primary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4473708\/trump-gop-lacks-midterm-legislative-agenda-state-union\/\">Trump-led GOP lacks clear midterm legislative agenda after State of the Union<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Operation Epic Fury.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump has been willing to do what&rsquo;s right and necessary to produce real peace in the region.<\/p>\n<p>God bless the United States, our great military, and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; U.S. Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenFettermanPA\/status\/2027674658091204808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4475366\/trump-announces-massive-ongoing-operation-against-iran\/\">announced early Saturday morning<\/a> that the United States military had begun &ldquo;Operation Epic Fury,&rdquo; after multiple explosions were reported around Iran.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4475510\/congress-split-trump-iran-strike\/\"><strong>CONGRESS SPLIT ON TRUMP&rsquo;S IRAN STRIKES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. launched a joint wave of military strikes with Israel against Iran early Saturday morning, with Tehran being the first target.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime,&rdquo; Trump said in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116147082884192486\">video posted on Truth Social.<\/a> &ldquo;The United States military has undertaken a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >core national security interests<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are going to destroy their missiles and raise their missile industry to the ground. It will be totally again obliterated. We are going to annihilate their navy,&rdquo; Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman&rsquo;s remarks about the strikes in Iran differed from those in his party. While Republicans have been praising Trump online, a majority of Democrats have taken to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald ...\">social media<\/a> to condemn the U.S.&rsquo;s military involvement in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>In the weeks leading up to Operation Epic Fury, Fetterman was outspoken in his support of possible military action in Iran.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4460164\/trump-endorsement-tracker-gop-2026-election-primaries\/\"><strong>TRUMP ENDORSEMENT TRACKER: HERE&rsquo;S WHO THE PRESIDENT HAS PICKED IN GOP MIDTERM ELECTION PRIMARIES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As protests broke out in Iran in December, Fetterman said he would &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/grabien.com\/file?id=3318678\">absolutely<\/a>&rdquo; support military strikes in Iran.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3318678&amp;userid=11311&amp;usertype=user&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=8b00c5fdf3e87f187f1d77b81d1624c0\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Sure, absolutely. And now if it continues to make more sense, absolutely,&rdquo; Fetterman said of U.S. involvement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In June, Fetterman joined his Republican colleagues in rejecting a war powers resolution that would have prevented the use of military forces against Iran, unless explicitly authorized by Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Senators voted 47-53, largely along party lines, on Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-kaine\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1134\">Tim Kaine<\/a>&rsquo;s (D-VA) resolution. Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rand-paul\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"230\">Rand Paul<\/a> (R-KY), who often opposes foreign interventions, was the single Republican to vote with Democrats in support of the resolution.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman had also supported the United States&rsquo;s military strikes, Operation Midnight Hammer,&nbsp; that targeted Iranian nuclear facilities in June.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4475390\/read-in-full-trump-address-iran-operation\/\"><strong>READ IN FULL: TRUMP ADDRESS ON IRAN OPERATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think I was the only Democrat that fully supported our strike of the Iranian nuclear facilities last year,&rdquo; Fetterman told CNN in January. &ldquo;And now by then, without those kinds of strikes, Iran could have acquired a nuclear bomb. I think I hope we can all agree that Iran should have never acquired a nuclear bomb.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now, for me, I think we can all agree that the world would be better, safer, and more just if you could break that regime,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fetterman backs Trump&#8217;s Iran strikes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2574709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AP25196747369305-e1772293482762.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7921,3823,57696],"class_list":["post-2574708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-fetterman","tag-iran","tag-us-strikes"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AP25196747369305-e1772293482762.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2574708"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2574712,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574708\/revisions\/2574712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2574709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2574708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2574708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2574708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}