Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) defied pro-Palestinian protesters who targeted his home in Braddock, Pennsylvania, on Friday night by climbing to the roof and unfurling an Israeli flag.
As the crowd chanted, “Fetterman, Fetterman, you can’t hide, you’re supporting genocide,” Fetterman did the opposite of hiding, emerging on his rooftop and proudly waving the flag of the Jewish state.
#WATCH: Senator @JohnFetterman waves Israeli flag from a roof amid jeers from anti-Jewish protesters. pic.twitter.com/z3QxVC1irT
— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) January 27, 2024
After being elected in 2022 as a left-wing “progressive,” following a stroke he suffered during the campaign, Fetterman has surprised many observers by emerging as a champion of Israel, as well as by adopting other centrist or conservative policies.
Earlier this month, as Breitbart News noted, Fetterman blasted South Africa’s “hypocrisy” for bringing a case against Israel at The Hague and accusing the Jewish state of “genocide.”
“Maybe you ought to sit this one out!”
— Dovi Safier (@safier) January 11, 2024
A fiery @SenFettermanPA responds to the libelous claims made against @Israel by South Africa at the International Court of Justice.https://t.co/7pKvOr1eKA pic.twitter.com/1I9BJoSAdW
Fetterman’s determined defense of Israel, and his shift on topics like fossil fuels, border security, and trade, have prompted some pundits to joke that he is becoming more conservative as he regains brain function.
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of the 2021 e-book, “The Zionist Conspiracy (and how to join it),” now updated with a new foreword. He is also the author of the recent e-book, Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.
