{"id":2595026,"date":"2026-04-25T11:38:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-backs-wickers-call-to-restart-attacks-in-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T11:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:39:15","slug":"fetterman-backs-wickers-call-to-restart-attacks-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-backs-wickers-call-to-restart-attacks-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman backs Wicker&#8217;s call to restart attacks 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\">18<\/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%2Ffetterman-backs-wickers-call-to-restart-attacks-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=2595026&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 portrays Senator John Fetterman as one of the Democrats\u2019 most hawkish voices on Iran and the Middle East,openly praising Trump-era hard-line approaches and backing calls to resume strikes.It notes his public endorsement of \u201cOperation Epic Fury\u201d and his agreement with aggressive military action over negotiations, highlighting his alignment with a broader push that some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-retain-new-mexico-house-seat-in-special-election\/\" title=\"Democrats Retain New Mexico House Seat in Special Election\">party members hope<\/a> to frame against war-weariness in the upcoming midterms. The article also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >covers ongoing regional tensions<\/a>: a largely fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, a U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz to pressure Iran, Armenia\u2019s controversial tilt toward Israel, stalled Pakistan-mediated talks with Tehran, and reports of a massive airlift that fuels speculation a broader conflict could be resumed.  <\/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>Fetterman has emerged as one of the most hawkish <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"249\">Democrats<\/a>, not afraid to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-mocks-low-oscar-ratings-it-will-only-get-worse\/\" title=\"... Mocks Low Oscar Ratings: \u2018It Will Only Get Worse\u2019\">openly praise<\/a> and side with Trump when it comes to Iran and the Middle East. He boosted this perception on Saturday, when he boosted an X post from Wicker calling on Trump to break the ceasefire and resume strikes on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The time is over for negotiations with Iran&rsquo;s regime. The radical successors of Khamenei can never be trusted to keep any promise or agreement. Our Commander-in-Chief should direct his skilled military leaders to finish destroying Iran&rsquo;s conventional military capabilities and eliminating any last remnants of their nuclear program. This is the only way to ensure lasting stability in the region,&rdquo; Wicker said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4537128\/trillion-dollar-national-defense-budget-exclude-iran-war-costs\/\">$1.5 TRILLION NATIONAL DEFENSE BUDGET DOES NOT INCLUDE IRAN WAR COSTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Full agree,&rdquo; Fetterman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenFettermanPA\/status\/2048012130448773336?s=20\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenFettermanPA\/status\/2048012130448773336?s=20\">wrote<\/a>, quoting the post.<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Democrat has been an enthusiastic supporter of Operation Epic Fury, even as his party pins much of its hopes on a November blowout in the Midterms on harnessing popular discontent against the war.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>(Graphic by Grace Hagerman \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Committed Democrat here. I&rsquo;m a hard no. My vote is Operation Epic Fury,&rdquo; Fetterman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenFettermanPA\/status\/2027771338639679554?s=20\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenFettermanPA\/status\/2027771338639679554?s=20\">wrote<\/a> on social media hours after the first strikes, responding to calls to rein in Trump&rsquo;s war powers.<\/p>\n<p>The ceasefire announced earlier this month has largely held, though fighting has continued between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. After failing to reopen the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/strait-of-hormuz\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"21488\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a>, the United States began its own blockade of the key waterway, hoping to pressure Iran into a settlement.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4542471\/armenia-attempts-israel-relations-domestic-outrage\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4542471\">ARMENIA&rsquo;S ATTEMPTS TO WARM TO ISRAEL MET WITH DOMESTIC OUTRAGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Negotiations, mediated by Pakistan, have so far largely failed to bear fruit, especially given the uncertain nature of who is wielding power in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheIranWatcher\/status\/2047832384981049426?s=20\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheIranWatcher\/status\/2047832384981049426?s=20\">massive airlift<\/a> nearing the scale of that during the buildup to first strike Iran has gained steam, feeding into speculation that Trump could be preparing a resumption of the war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fetterman seen as hawkish, backing Trump on Iran<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2595027,"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\/2026\/03\/Fetterman.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[7921,4551,3823,75757,5704],"class_list":["post-2595026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-fetterman","tag-foreign-policy","tag-iran","tag-military-action-2","tag-wicker"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fetterman.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595026","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2595026"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2595030,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595026\/revisions\/2595030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2595027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2595026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2595026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2595026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}