Israeli Settlers Killed His Constituent. Fetterman Is Sole Democrat Against Investigating Them.

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Israeli Settlers Killed His Constituent. Fetterman Is Sole Democrat Against Investigating Them.


Fetterman, who takes a hard pro-Israel line, was the lone holdout in his party, despite one of his constituents being the most recent Palestinian American killed in the West Bank by Israeli settlers.

Near unanimous Democratic support, however, was not enough to secure passage of the measure, with the Senate voting 51–47 against advancing the resolution. The measure would have required the State Department to report on whether it is investigating the killings of nine U.S. citizens by Israeli security forces or settlers since 2022.

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7 comments

  • orbituary3

    A shame he can't / won't be recalled or removed.

  • BooBees4

    Well he did say he’s a lifelong Republican, so

  • Moonrise24734via usa@lemmy.ml

    I can understand the mainstream media, but at least here we should stop to call the terrorists "settlers", downplaying their terrorist actions

  • Boomer Humor Doomergod5via usa@lemmy.ml

    Fun fact: “Fetterman” is PA Dutch slang for someone who’s an untrustworthy idiot.

    (Disclaimer: Not a fact.)

    • eldavi2

      let's make it a thing like deporter-in-chief :p

  • musicalphysics5via pravda_news@news.abolish.capital

    Nary a day goes by where Fetterman doesn’t demonstrate what a disgusting piece of human garbage he is.

  • kibiz0r6via pravda_news@news.abolish.capital

    Insane. All the measure did was force the State Dept to say “yes we’re looking into it”. But even that is too much.