Senator John Fetterman known for his pro-Israel stance keeps his distance from the Democratic National Convention saving the party from any conflict on the Israel-Hamas issue but in an interview with the Free Press, the Democratic leader said his absence from the DNC has nothing to with his stand on Israel. He wanted to spend these four days with his kids and so he is not in Chicago, Fetterman said.That he won’t be at the convention was decided long before even Donald Trump-Joe Biden CNN debate, he said.
Fetterman is not Jewish but after the October 7 attack in Israel, he put out a strong statement condemning the “cowardly, horrifying, unprovoked attacks on Israel by Hamas”. Fetterman’s stand cost his popularity and now he is isolated in his own party as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested that Fetterman is a bully.
“I’ve been frustrated by some of my members and how they’ve chosen to handle that situation (Israel),” Fetterman said. “I don’t agree with a lot of their views, but whatever kinds of political choices or any kind of political costs that I’ve incurred throughout all that, I don’t care.”
I don’t agree with his view on Middle East: Fetterman’s communications director
Fetterman’s communications director Carrie Adams told the Free Press that she does not agree with Fetterman on Israel and Gaza. “I have a sense that his international views are a lot less nuanced than my generation, because when he was growing up, it was might makes right, and for my generation and younger who, of course, are the ones protesting this, they have a much more nuanced view of the region,” Adams said.
Adams joined Fetterman after the senator’s previous communication director resigned over the same issue — Fetterman’s unabashed support for Israel.
Fetterman is not Jewish but after the October 7 attack in Israel, he put out a strong statement condemning the “cowardly, horrifying, unprovoked attacks on Israel by Hamas”. Fetterman’s stand cost his popularity and now he is isolated in his own party as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested that Fetterman is a bully.
“I’ve been frustrated by some of my members and how they’ve chosen to handle that situation (Israel),” Fetterman said. “I don’t agree with a lot of their views, but whatever kinds of political choices or any kind of political costs that I’ve incurred throughout all that, I don’t care.”
I don’t agree with his view on Middle East: Fetterman’s communications director
Fetterman’s communications director Carrie Adams told the Free Press that she does not agree with Fetterman on Israel and Gaza. “I have a sense that his international views are a lot less nuanced than my generation, because when he was growing up, it was might makes right, and for my generation and younger who, of course, are the ones protesting this, they have a much more nuanced view of the region,” Adams said.
Adams joined Fetterman after the senator’s previous communication director resigned over the same issue — Fetterman’s unabashed support for Israel.
Republican communications strategist Erin Perrine wrote that it is a “big deal” to have a staff criticize the person they are working for. “But when the person whose job it is to speak for the boss, defend their decisions, and manage the press does it — That’s an unparalleled level of hubris,” Perrine said on X. “Always remember whose name is on the door.”
Democratic strategist Symone Sanders-Townsend wrote that Adams “should be employed after this because WTF?”
“Not saying I disagree with her viewpoint. Rather. Since when does the comms director call up reporters to say ‘I disagree’ with the principal?” said Sanders-Townsend.
