r/politics • u/masterchief6913 • Jul 15 '26

No Paywall Fetterman warns he would leave Democratic Party if it turns its back on Israel

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5970730-john-fetterman-democratic-party-israel/
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u/Hungry-Initiative-78 Jul 15 '26

Note what's he's saying here. He'll switch parties and change his domestic politics, because of how much money a FOREIGN country is getting.

So his priorities are Israel #1 US further down the list 

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u/Rabbit-Hole-Quest Canada Jul 16 '26

Yet, somehow Americans have been convinced that claiming politicians are beholden to Israel is somehow antisemitic.

Meanwhile, you will have politicians put Israel first constantly and perpetually.

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u/Sad_Sympathy_6427 Jul 16 '26

Exactly. I keep going back to the Haitians eating dogs thing. That wasn't racist because he said it. It was racist because he said it and it was a lie. They weren't eating pets; it was just made up to demonize a random outgroup. If they actually had been doing it, it wouldn't have been racist. This group keeps calling pointing out things that are actually happening antisemitic, but they never actually get mad at the people engaging in the behavior.

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u/Lucreth2 Jul 16 '26

To be fair I've yet to meet a single actual standalone hello there let me shake your hand common American who believes that. The vast majority are over Israel and very few people tie Judaism in with their atrocities.

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u/Hungry-Initiative-78 Jul 16 '26

Consider yourself lucky. I certainly have family and co-workers who have made that claim.

My father, although to be fair he did walk this back, a bleed blue Duke fan and graduate, and vote blue no matter who Democrat, angrily refused to let me speak when I got asked why the Duke students walked out on Jerry Seinfeld that time, shouting "Because he's jewish and the left hates Jews now."

when I asked him why those kids don't hate Bernie or Jon Stewart, and if there was a chance it's just kids protesting war, like his generation did in Vietnam and mine did in Iraq, to his credit, he calmed down, and said "yeah, that could also be true, too"

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u/Wael3rd Jul 16 '26

You have a good dad dude.

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u/muzzey12 Jul 16 '26

What are you doing here from Canada.

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u/Rabbit-Hole-Quest Canada Jul 16 '26

I am in Canada and not in the US.

Your perpetual subservience to Israel leads to the worst politicians to be elected who subsequently threaten our Canadian sovereignty.

If you elected politicians that cared more about your own people instead of Israel, the world would be a better place.

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u/Hungry-Initiative-78 Jul 16 '26

Dems putting Israel first lost them a lot of votes, helping (but certainly not the only own goal) Trump (the loser with no useful ideas for improving anyone's lives) to start spewing his annex Canada mouth diarrhea.

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u/ship_toaster Canada Jul 16 '26

It's cool how the chain of causality always leads back to Jews eventually, if you're motivated enough to get there. And then, of course, immediately ends there.

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u/Rabbit-Hole-Quest Canada Jul 16 '26

Dems ensured that a significant chunk of voters stayed home by stupidly backing Israel while it was conducting a genocide.

The Democratic Party is no less beholden to Israel. All you have to look at is Schumer in the Senate, the illustrious AIPAC Shakur in the House and your former Secretary of State who turned a blind eye to Israeli actions.

In the end, you ended up with Trump who wants to acquire Greenland, Panama, Venezuela, Cuba and Canada.

So to help you connect the dots. Stupid policies to the benefit of Israel, alienate voters and in the end you end up with an even worse President.

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

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u/mercury_pointer Jul 16 '26

studies show that the only state Harris lost because of Gaza was Michigan

There just isn't enough data to say one way or another. Someone could produce statistics showing anything they wanted to.

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u/Rabbit-Hole-Quest Canada Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

And the Democrats learned nothing and continue to do the bidding of Israel….

https://clashreport.com/world/articles/half-of-house-democrats-back-destined-to-fail-israel-aid-funding-cuts-fufmc0e2ho9

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u/Hurtzdonut13 Jul 16 '26

The few canvassers they had were specifically told to not collect information about people's support for Palestinians.

I don't think it's the one issue that changed the campaign for her, but it was indicative of the entire approach that completely killed the initial momentum.

To win elections, you need people excited to vote or volunteer for you. Harris ended up having neither of those, pretty much running on a "I'm not Trump" platform, while he was busy making every promise he could to trick people while ramping up the racism to really get his base excited for him.