The U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, shown above, has made it blatantly clear that he supports the nation of Israel and is concerned that the Democrat Party is increasingly picking primary candidates who are hostile to the Jewish State.
"If our party ever becomes official as the anti-Israel party, that's when I would leave because that's been a moral clarity for me,” Fetterman has said.
Democrats’ support for Israel is a legitimate question given the vocal opposition from progressives, mostly in the U.S. House, who make up 20-30% of the party.
Earlier this month more than 100 House Democrats voted in favor of a measure that would have eliminated $3.3 billion in planned aid for Israel.
The measure, put forth by controversial Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, was defeated 314-104.
The 103 Democrats represented almost half of the party membership in the House.
Diane Gramley is President of the American Family Association of Pennsylvania. She believes Fetterman takes an unusual position on Israel, one that could push him away from the party under certain conditions.
"Truthfully, it is surprising to have any Democrat be such a staunch supporter of Israel. I think he'll follow through. I mean, I can see if it becomes official policy that the Democrats are antisemitic and they oppose everything with Israel's name on it, I can see Sen. John Fetterman leaving the Democrat party. "
But Gramley does not think he will join the Republicans.
"If he does take this step, I think he'll become independent and probably caucus with the Democrats. I don't see him caucusing with the Republicans. There are still too many issues there that they are diametrically opposed to."
Ironically a Quinnipiac University poll in Pennsylvania found that 77-percent of Republicans approve of Fetterman, while only 19-percent of Democrats do.
