Senator John Fetterman has signaled that he could reach a breaking point with the Democratic Party if Senator Chris Van Hollen is elected to Senate majority leader.

Fetterman, who has repeatedly clashed with members of his own party over Israel, suggested that Van Hollen’s potential leadership appointment would be troubling because of his criticism of the Israeli government.

Asked by Kayleigh McEnany during a Fox News interview on Saturday whether Van Hollen becoming majority leader would represent a red line that could prompt him to leave the Democratic Party, Fetterman responded: “Yeah, absolutely, it would be troubling if my caucus elects someone like Van Hollen, that has really made his name being very…hostile to Israel.”

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    This guy has been broken in the head for years. At this point, he’s a Republican asset embedded in the Democratic party.

    Wouldn’t it be hilarious if he left and the Republicans told him to fuck off? 🙂

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      For real. Fetterman is too brain damaged (not a figure of speech) to hold his cards close to his chest. He is telling us what his handlers are telling him.

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    He’s basically an extremely unstable emotional teenager saying they’ll kill themselves if you break up with them.

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    I bet he’s devastated the democrats won so many seats in the senate. Now he cant play kingmaker like he daydreamed about.

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    It sucks, when he was first was elected I thought he was a working class democrat, which is rare for the dems, honestly. Even the most left leaning ones elected recently are just upper middle class people larping as normal people and are extremely out of touch with normal people problems.

    But get is just an AIPAC fuck

    Inbe4 every lemmy fucknut comes for me, most of y’all are working class larpers. A bunch of office people acting like you know what it is like being poor and at the bottom of America.

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    If he switches parties during his term, does he lose his seat or are those that voted for him just fucked? He’s obviously taking money to ignore their interests. He is a perfect example of the serious flaws of representative government. it is inherently corrupt and will ultimately lead to complete oligarchy.

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        Jesus… our government is weak… no, POWERLESS against corruption. Parlimentary style government is bad enough, but the US two party system is just too… damn… old.

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    Good, he doesnt matter anymore and won’t serve after he gets primaried. Get fucked Quasimodo, thank fuck you were only relevant for a short time.