{"id":2630337,"date":"2026-07-15T22:44:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T02:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-to-leave-democratic-party-if-it-becomes-anti-israel-party\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T22:45:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T02:45:34","slug":"fetterman-to-leave-democratic-party-if-it-becomes-anti-israel-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-to-leave-democratic-party-if-it-becomes-anti-israel-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman to leave Democratic Party if it becomes &#8216;anti-Israel party&#8217;"},"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\">20<\/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-to-leave-democratic-party-if-it-becomes-anti-israel-party%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=2630337&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>Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) stated that he would consider leaving the Democratic Party if it were to abandon support for Israel, emphasizing that defending Israel is a moral issue for him. Known as a traditionalist within the party, Fetterman has rejected switching to the Republican Party but indicated potential frustration with the partyS direction, especially as it leans more progressive. He expressed concern over the Democratic Party becoming anti-Israel,which he views as a moral boundary. Fetterman also highlighted concerns about recent progressive candidates gaining influence, some with anti-Israel views, and criticized efforts within the party to defund aid to Israel.He noted that House Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries oppose ending aid to Israel and warned against the resurgence of socialist-leaning candidates who may reflect an anti-Israel sentiment. Fetterman&#8217;s comments reflect his deep commitment to Israel and concerns about ideological shifts within the Democratic Party.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-fetterman\/\">John Fetterman<\/a> (D-PA) on Wednesday revealed his redline for staying in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\">Democratic Party<\/a>, saying he would leave it should the political system abandon <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\">Israel<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fetterman is known as an old-style maverick in the Democratic Party, sticking to traditional positions on immigration, foreign policy, and more that are increasingly out of favor with the party\u2019s growing progressive wing. Though he has<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4561069\/fetterman-terrible-republican-party-switch\/\"> repeatedly dismissed<\/a> switching to the Republican Party, Fetterman suggested during an interview at the Hill Nation Summit in Washington that there could be a point where he feels pushed out of his home party, after being urged by a<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4631583\/manchin-urges-democrat-fetterman-becoming-an-independent\/\"> former colleague to become an independent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4650562\/schumer-trump-save-act-aint-passing\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Schumer tells Trump SAVE America Act \u2018ain\u2019t passing\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4649309\/jay-clayton-struggles-election-questions-confirmation-hearing\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump DNI pick Jay Clayton struggles with election questions during confirmation hearing<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4649663\/joy-behar-graham-nordone-dei-hire-south-carolina-senate\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Joy Behar calls Darline Graham Nordone a DEI hire for South Carolina<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy long-term concern has been with the Democratic Party, as I am a member of that, is that our party is going to back away and turn their back to Israel,\u201d he said. \u201cIf our party ever becomes, and just makes it official, the anti-Israel party, that\u2019s when I would leave because that\u2019s been a moral clarity for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the interview, Fetterman acknowledged he has been approached by Republicans about leaving the Democratic Party but declined to detail \u201cprivate conversations.\u201d He referenced a more recent development he worried reflects an anti-Israel trend in the Democratic Party, when the No. 2 House Democrat bucked Democratic leadership to back<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4647363\/hakeem-jeffries-opposes-ending-aid-israel\/\"> a measure ending all defensive funding<\/a> aid to Israel. House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4649426\/clark-breaks-with-jeffries-massie-bid-cut-aid-israel\/\">moved against<\/a> House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on the matter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fetterman expressed particular concern over a string of progressive or openly socialist candidates who are scoring wins in the Democratic Party, including Abdul el Sayed, who has been polling well ahead of the Michigan Senate Democratic primary on Aug. 4. El Sayed\u2019s refusal to disavow Twitch streamer Hasan Piker has been controversial, due to his anti-Israel views,<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jvAN_N2OQJQ\"> including comments in April<\/a> that he \u201cwould vote for Hamas over Israel every single time.\u201d Piker has continued a close association with el Sayed, as he stumps for him on the campaign trail. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou look at the kinds of individuals that are winning our recent primaries,\u201d Fetterman said Wednesday, criticizing colleagues he said are trying to ingratiate themselves \u201cwith that segment of the base of our voters that are intensely, intensely anti-Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4647363\/hakeem-jeffries-opposes-ending-aid-israel\/\"><strong>JEFFRIES THWARTS THE LEFT, OPPOSES ENDING ALL AID TO ISRAEL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow here\u2019s more Democrats to \u2018defund the police.\u2019 Here we are back to part of the worst impulses that we just can\u2019t resist,\u201d he added. \u201cWe forgot the crazy things that we said, and that cost us the election in 2024. Now we want to revisit that. If anything, they\u2019re coming back in the strongest kind of terms. Look at the people who are winning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fetterman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4622915\/fetterman-dirtbag-left-socialists-new-york\/\">previously raised concerns<\/a> over several socialists who won primary elections in New York House races in June, including <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4621941\/new-york-democratic-primary-13th-district\/\">Darializa Avila Chevalier<\/a>, a self-described \u201cprison abolitionist\u201d who is against deporting anyone from the United States and has declined to confirm whether she believes Israel should continue to exist.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fetterman warns he\u2019ll leave Dems if they abandon Israel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2630338,"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\/07\/AP25128059743033.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32923,7921,4671,5894,35343],"class_list":["post-2630337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democratic-party","tag-fetterman","tag-israel","tag-politics","tag-u-s-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP25128059743033.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630337","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2630337"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2630341,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630337\/revisions\/2630341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2630338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2630337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2630337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2630337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}