Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) sharply rebuked New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D), accusing him of pandering to the radical fringe with his threat to have Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrested.
Appearing on Fox News Channels Hannity, Fetterman dismissed Mamdanis rhetoric as the product of an increasingly extreme wing of the Democratic Party, according to Breitbart. He argued that Mamdani and his allies are embracing a hard-left, anti-Israel posture that veers into open bigotry, stating, Mamdani or some of the other freak shows that are winning some of these primaries are now hostile and intensely anti-Israel, really just raging antisemitism in a lot of the statements that these people have made right now.
Fetterman, who has emerged as one of the few Democrats willing to confront his partys far-left flank on Israel, ridiculed Mamdanis claim that he could direct law enforcement to detain Netanyahu. You are a Mayor, dude. Youre a Mayor. You can fix a pothole. You can take out the trash. But you cant order people to arrest anybody, any more than I could have him arrested if he goes to Pennsylvania, he said, calling Mamdanis posture a joke and declaring hes a clown.
The Pennsylvania Senator went further, accusing Mamdani of sympathizing with some of Israels most dangerous enemies and of exploiting anti-Israel sentiment for political gain. So, sit down, you know youre a clown and you are just going to pander to the fringe, and thats part of your base, and I know youre angry at Netanyahu because he killed a lot of people you admire, whether, like, its Sinwar or Nasrallah or [Khamenei] in Iran, Fetterman said, underscoring the widening divide between traditional pro-Israel Democrats and the partys activist left.
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