Fetterman admits he can’t find ‘common ground’ about Israel with far-left

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“I’m always going to support Israel,” the Pennsylvania senator told Fox News.

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., told Fox News on Saturday that he no longer sees “any more common ground” with the far-left wing of his party over its stance on Israel.

During an appearance on “Saturday in America,” Fetterman criticized efforts to replace Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, with Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and called his new 2028 Democratic primary challenger “pro-Hamas.”

“I have a strong, strong difference of opinion on Israel and the Jewish community overall now. I don’t think there’s going to be any more common ground,” Fetterman told Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany.

“Now I think if someone can’t identify [that] Iran is an enemy, and that it’s committed to destroying Israel and our nation as well, too — once again, this is the kind of individual that the Democratic Party elected,” he added.

Following midterm elections that saw Democrats regain control of both the House and Senate, Schumer is facing a challenge to his leadership. Van Hollen announced his bid to replace Schumer on Thursday, with support from progressive lawmakers, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed, D-Mich.

“It would be troubling if my caucus elects someone like Van Hollen, that has really made his name being very… hostile to Israel,” Fetterman said when asked if a Van Hollen win would cross a “red line.”

Fetterman said Van Hollen has made his name on strong “anti-Israel” views and also received attention after his high-profile trip to El Salvador to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant deported by the Trump administration.

“Other than that, I can’t really think of what Van Hollen’s known for, but he became like a progressive darling, but I don’t see that he has a path to be leader, but overall it’s possible because just last weekend I had a lot of people protesting, demanding that we vote against Schumer,” Fetterman said.

“We have to find a way forward. After our massive wins, we immediately go back to fighting among ourselves.

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