John Fetterman trolls pro-Palestine protestors by waving huge Israeli flag at mob who turned up at his Pennsylvania home, chanting ‘you’re supporting genocide
John Fetterman has FrRo-Palestinian protesters who stopped by his home the unfolding of a huge one Israeli flag from the roof as they sang below.
Protesters gathered outside his home in Braddock, just outside Pittsburgh, and were heard shouting, “Fetterman, Fetterman, you can’t hide.” You support genocide.”
Fetterman, a first-term senator, did not respond to the protesters’ chants, instead unfurling Israel’s blue and white flag.
This is not the first time Fetterman has targeted those who support Gaza and the Palestinian cause.
During a rally for Israel in Washington DC, he arrived dressed in an Israeli flag.
Pro-Palestinian protesters were attacked by Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman, who unfurled a huge Israeli flag from the roof of his home
Protesters below gathered outside his home in Braddock, just outside Pittsburgh, chanting, “Fetterman, Fetterman, you can’t hide. You support genocide.”
The senator’s support for Israel has placed him in opposition to many within the Democratic Party and among his supporters who do not share his views. Pictured Thursday at the Capitol
In November, Fetterman was seen waving an Israeli flag in the faces of protesters outside the Senate.
Fetterman, who is not Jewish, has been criticized by members of his own party for staunchly supporting Israel to defend itself against Hamas terrorists in the aftermath of the October 7 attacks.
He was an outspoken supporter of Israel and emphasized the tragedy suffered by innocent Israelis.
A deep partisan divide has erupted among Democrats as the death toll in Gaza continues to rise and even President Biden has accused Israel of an “indiscriminate bombing campaign.”
Fetterman, meanwhile, taped photos of Israeli hostages to the wall outside his office and covered himself in an Israeli flag in photos.
Democrat Senator John Fetterman sparked a crowd of pro-Palestinian protesters by waving an Israeli flag at those demanding a ceasefire on Capitol Hill in November 2023
As Fetterman, in his trademark hoodie and shorts, walked through the crowd, angry pro-Palestinian protesters shouted, “Shame! What a joke!’
John Fetterman waves the Israeli flag at anti-Israel protesters arrested after occupying Kirsten Gillibrand’s congressional office last November
“I find it confusing that the far left progressives in America don’t really seem to want to support the only progressive nation in the region that really embraces the same kind of values that I would expect we would want as a society,” Fetterman said. .
He says he is the only senator with both an LGBTQ flag and a POW flag outside his office.
“Can’t it be quite appropriate to stand for both?”
“In my front office I put up the posters of the innocent Israelis kidnapped by Hamas,” and shared a video of the posters on X.
“They will remain until everyone returns home safely,” he wrote.
Fetterman said that too he had met families of the Hamas hostages and survivors of the October 7 massacre last year.
“Together we started posting photos of the hostages outside my office to emphasize the urgent need to bring them all home. My office is posting the latest messages,” he wrote on X.
Early in the conflict, he criticized his Democratic colleagues for rushing to blame Israel for a hospital explosion in Gaza.
“It is truly disturbing that members of Congress rushed to blame Israel for the hospital tragedy in Gaza,” Fetterman said in a post on X.
“Who would they take the word of a group that just slaughtered innocent Israeli civilians because of our most important ally?”
In November, the Pennsylvania senator said, “In my front office I displayed the posters of the innocent Israelis kidnapped by Hamas,” and shared a video of the posters on X.
‘I’m not a progressive’ Fetterman clarified this to NBC News last month. “I just think I’m a Democrat who’s very interested in choices and other things.
“But when it comes to Israel, I’m on the right side. And immigration is something that is close to my heart, and I think we need to tackle it effectively.”
Fetterman’s staunch support of Israel goes back years.
In April 2022, the then lieutenant governor and Senate candidate Jewish insider: ‘Any time I am in a situation where I am called upon to take up the cause of strengthening and increasing Israel’s security or deepening our relationship between the United States and Israel, I will commit myself. ‘
As for far-left Democrats criticizing Israel, he continued, “I would also respectfully say that I’m not really progressive in that sense.”