Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned on Tuesday that “mass chaos” and potential airspace shutdowns will affect air travelers if the government shutdown continues into next week, with shortages of air traffic controllers and TSA agents reaching a critical level.
“If you bring us to a week from today, Democrats, you will see mass chaos, you will see mass flight delays,” Duffy told reporters at a Tuesday news conference held by Pennsylvania Sen. Dave McCormick (R) and Sen. John Fetterman (D), one of only three Democrats who have repeatedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-daily-wire-sits-down-with-john-fetterman-who-doesnt-hear-from-democrats-anymore">voted</a> to end the shutdown.
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BREAKING: The Department of Transportation might be forced to shut down airspace in certain parts of the country if the government shutdown continues into next week, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Tuesday.
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“You’ll see mass cancellations, and you may see us close certain parts of the airspace, because we just cannot manage it because we don’t have the air traffic controllers.”
Nearly 50% of major air traffic control facilities across the country already face critical staffing shortages as the shutdown extends into its 35th day, with approximately 13,000 controllers currently required to work without paychecks during the shutdown.
The Federal Aviation Administration <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/delays-safety-concerns-shortages-air-traffic-controllers/story?id=127055961">reported</a> on Friday that 80% of aviation staff in the New York area had called out, a problem Duffy only expects to worsen as the shutdown continues.
“If this shutdown doesn’t end now, air traffic controllers will receive another $0 paycheck,” Duffy wrote Monday on X. “Many controllers are not coming to work because they have to find a job that WILL pay them so they can survive.”
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Yesterday saw another horrible record set: 84% of delays were due to staff shortages.
If this shutdown doesn’t end now, air traffic controllers will receive another $0 paycheck.
Many controllers are not coming to work because they have to find a job that WILL pay them so they… <a href="https://t.co/PHK4gwaPzt">pic.twitter.com/PHK4gwaPzt</a>
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Delays and disruptions have already <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/10/07/flight-delays-shutdown-air-traffic-control-staffing-issues">impacted</a> airports in the Los Angeles area, Newark, and Denver over the past month, with Duffy stating that staffing shortages were the cause of 84% of the delays over the weekend.
The staffing shortages have led to many controllers working overtime or covering roles that other controllers would otherwise fill, in addition to their own.
“There is a level of risk that gets injected into the system when we have a controller that’s doing two jobs instead of one,” Duffy warned on Saturday amid a ground stop that was in effect at Newark Liberty International Airport due to staffing issues. “We will delay, we will cancel any kind of flight across the national airspace to make sure people are safe.”
The shutdown shows no sign of resolution in the near future, as nearly every Senate Democrat has <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/11/04/us-news/trump-admin-may-be-forced-to-close-parts-of-us-airspace-if-shutdown-lasts-into-next-week-duffy-says/">voted</a> 14 times against a stopgap measure that would fund the government until November 21, using it as leverage to force concessions from Republicans to extend Obamacare subsidies set to expire at the end of this year.
The Obamacare tax credits were expanded under former President Joe Biden during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the New York Post.
In an interview with The Daily Wire on Monday, Pennsylvania Democratic Senator John Fetterman said he didn’t buy his party’s justification for the shutdown.
“I think shutting our government down simply because we have to ‘fight,’ or because that’s part of this resistance, I don’t agree with it,” the senator said. “And I think we’re gonna hurt the kinds of people who are at the center of our party.”

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WASHINGTON—John Fetterman doesn’t know what his fellow Democrats are thinking.
That, more or less, sums up what the Pennsylvania Democrat had to say to The Daily Wire during a wide-ranging Monday interview in his Senate office.
Seated in front of a fireplace festooned with pennants from Pennsylvania colleges, across from a framed “Don’t Be A Jagoff” poster, Fetterman held forth on the government shutdown, foreign policy, and the strange convergence of issues that have made him one of the Upper Chamber’s most surprising bipartisan voices.
It’s not just that Fetterman doesn’t understand some of the positions his colleagues have taken — though, to be sure, he doesn’t — but that he literally doesn’t know what they’re thinking. And how could he? They won’t talk to him.
“Not a single Democrat reached out to me,” Fetterman said about the lack of response to his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fetterman-to-democrats-own-the-shutdown-and-reopen-government-now" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sunday appearance</a> on CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper, during which he said that Democrats “need to own the shutdown.”
Fetterman suspects he hasn’t heard much from Democrats because they realize he’s “pretty committed” to what he says is a “pretty reasonable” view: that lawmakers should never hold the government hostage to achieve their political ends.
Still, as Congress barrels through the record for the longest-ever government shutdown, you would think Chuck Schumer might reach out to the member of his caucus who not only voted with Republicans to reopen the government 15 times, but has become an increasingly-vocal crusader against his party’s position.
So, has the Gentleman from Pennsylvania heard from the Senate Minority Leader?
“I haven’t,” Fetterman says.
Such is life for the self-proclaimed “regular Democrat,” whose refusal to toe the party line has made him a bit of a loner on his side of the aisle.
“I mean, honestly, I’m on The Daily Wire having this conversation,” Fetterman says with just a hint of incredulity. “I’m not having this conversation on MSNBC because they haven’t — I’d be happy to have this conversation there.”
The senator doesn’t complete his thought, but later on he says it would be “great” if “MSNBC decides to have me back on.” The implication is clear: when he started siding with Republicans, 30 Rock stopped calling.
Still, Fetterman has no interest in becoming the type of &#8220;Confirmed Bipartisan Senator,&#8221; bucking his party and making grand pronouncements about the need to cross the aisle. He’s quick to dismiss the idea that he’s some kind of Democratic Party gadfly, and brushes off comparisons to similar senators, noting that both Joe Manchin and Mitt Romney weren’t trying to keep their parties honest so much as they were trying to survive in hostile electoral environments.
So, no, John Fetterman has no intention of ditching the donkeys, not to go independent, and certainly not to join the other side.
“I’d be a pretty terrible Republican, you know?” the senator laughs. But that doesn’t mean he’s thrilled with how things are going with his team.
“I think the problem with the Democratic Party is, if you have a problem with a Democrat who supports Israel, who wants to secure our border, and thinks that it’s always wrong to shut our government down, then I think maybe the party has a bigger problem than I thought.”
Fetterman takes care to say that it’s the improbable fact of those three issues — Israel, the southern border, and the government shutdown — “converging at the same time” that “put me in alignment with more of a Republican view.”
“I ran as a regular Democrat, and my values haven’t changed,” Fetterman says.”What’s changed is, I think, the response after the Trump election.”
“We lost. We lost!” Fetterman says, repeating himself for emphasis. “And I think we really have to explore exactly why.”
“If it was partly the extreme things,” Fetterman says, doubling down on those positions would be a mistake.
It’s impossible not to think of Zohran Mamdani when he says this. The socialist upstart and likely next mayor of New York City has run a campaign in many ways reminiscent of Fetterman’s: focusing on the common man and embracing the fact that he looks different from everyone else on the primary ballot. But Mamdani shows no signs of moderating and offers no indication that he’ll govern like a “regular Democrat.”
But if Mamdani has Fetterman worried about the future of the Democratic Party, the senator won’t let on.
“New York City’s politics are not a model or relevant to national politics,” Fetterman says. “He will be the next mayor of NYC. That doesn’t change my life. And I don’t think it will change our party that wants to win nationally.”
It’s hard to square that sentiment with the actions of the Democratic Party, which in fact seems quite happy to sacrifice national victories to satisfy its Left flank. Take, for instance, the very shutdown that has Fetterman on the outs, which has dragged on this long in no small part because Schumer is terrified of being <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-say-schumers-shutdown-is-about-appeasing-liberal-base-amid-rumored-aoc-primary?author=Amber+Jo+Cooper&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=14&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Republicans+Are+Calling+It+The+%E2%80%98Schumer+Shutdown.%E2%80%99+Why+Are+They+Making+It+All+About+AOC%3F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defenestrated</a> by New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
It’s also hard to square that sentiment with Fetterman’s other comments.
“I’d like to remind people that every single union that’s connected to this shutdown has said, hey, open this up! Vote for the CR, get that out,” Fetterman says. “We’re a pro-union party. Why don’t we listen to them? Why is this controversial for a Democrat to follow the voice of the unions?”
“I think shutting our government down simply because we have to ‘fight,’ or because that’s part of this resistance, I don’t agree with it,” the senator adds. “And I think we’re gonna hurt the kinds of people who are at the center of our party.”
As long as the government is closed, getting things reopened — paying servicemen, funding SNAP — will be Fetterman’s main focus. But after that’s resolved, assuming the peace in Gaza lasts, and if we can get something done in Ukraine, Fetterman senses the next issue of contention looming on the horizon.
“Holding China accountable,” Fetterman says. “China is certainly not our ally.”
The senator is open to whatever President Donald Trump and his team can throw at Beijing, from tariffs on down. Asked if he worries that escalating tensions with China will put Taiwan in the crosshairs, he demurs, but makes a point of trumpeting U.S.-Taiwan relations.
“I’m a big believer in democracy, and those are our key allies: Taiwan, Israel, and Ukraine,&#8221; Fetterman says, noting that defending each country is “pretty much the same fight against these kinds of nations like China, Russia, and Iran.”
Here, Fetterman returns once again to bipartisanship.
“I don’t care who brings peace, whether it’s Donald Trump or Joe Biden, I’m gonna support and follow as long as they’re pushing for peace, through strength. Peace through strength.”
Peace through strength. Ronald Reagan added that phrase to the Republican Party platform in 1980, where it’s remained ever since. Like Fetterman, he was a union man whose frustrations with the Democratic Party catapulted him to national fame.
Fetterman stops short of declaring, as Reagan famously did, that the Democratic Party left him. But whether he’ll say it or not, it seems like that particular train may be leaving the station. And the senator from Pennsylvania doesn’t seem interested in running to catch it.

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Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) says that the Democratic Party needs to “own the shutdown” as the government closure drags on into its second month.
Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper, Fetterman was asked about the lapsing of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on November 1, and who he blames for it.
“As you know, 42 million Americans, including two million Pennsylvanians, will not receive food stamp or SNAP benefits this month because funding officially lapsed yesterday. The White House says this is the fault of Democrats for shutting down the government. Democrats note that the Trump administration is not dipping into the contingency funds for SNAP and they think that Trump is doing that to pressure Democrats. How do you see it? Who do you blame for this?” asked Tapper.
Fetterman began by noting his distress at the notion of tens of millions of Americans losing their SNAP benefits, which is “one of the big reasons why I refuse to [shut] our government down.”
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“And again, I feel like the Democrats really need to own the shutdown. I mean, we&#8217;re shutting it down,” Fetterman added. “I know why they claim — because they want to address the tax credits, and I fully support that. I voted for all of their CRs, our CRs, every single time. And I refuse to put 42 million Americans in the kinds of food insecurity. … All is solved by just reopen[ing] our government and the people are now paid.”
Fetterman also noted that numerous unions and airlines are demanding that the Senate reopen the government: “And do we really want to make flying less safe by forcing this kind of situation and making things that much [more] stressed?”
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As the government shutdown drags into its fifth week with no clear end in sight, Pennsylvania Democrat Senator John Fetterman erupted in frustration over his own party’s inertia — saying millions of Americans, including hungry parents and children, are left scrambling while politicians in Washington play political chess.
“It’s an absolute failure,” Fetterman told CNN. With the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) expiring over the weekend, roughly 40 million low-income Americans could lose access to food benefits. “Imagine being a parent with a couple kids and how you’re going to fill their refrigerator and pack their lunches and get on with their lives when the things that they’ve depended on is (sic) gone because we can’t even agree to just open things up. &#8230; I’m apologizing that we can’t even get our sh** together and just open up our government.”
Fetterman’s outburst came as the Senate adjourned again without results, heading into the 34th day of what is now one of the longest shutdowns in U.S. history. Behind closed doors, senators from both parties have floated compromises, but none have gained traction. For millions of families, that means another week of waiting while grocery prices soar and food banks stretch thin.
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Fetterman pointed to his wife, Gisele’s, local outreach. Her free store in Braddock, Pennsylvania, distributes food several times a week — and the lines, he said, have already grown. “I’ll encounter people this weekend that have no SNAP benefits. I don’t have an explanation for them,” he said. “All I can say is I’m sorry.”
The senator has become one of the few Democrats siding with Republicans to reopen the government. He’s broken ranks more than a dozen times, insisting that families should never be held hostage in a partisan fight.
When reminded that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer <a href="https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/schumer-says-every-day-gets-better-for-us/">said</a> the shutdown was “getting better for us” politically every day for the Democrats, Fetterman didn’t hide his disgust, saying, “Ask the hungry people on Saturday. Americans are not leverage. This is not some sh**ty game show about who’s winning.”
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In a stunning admission that undercut weeks of Democratic spin, Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) dropped a political grenade at a NewsNation town hall at the Kennedy Center this week — squarely blaming his own party for the federal government shutdown.
Fetterman didn’t mince words.
“That’s why shutting the government is really what the Democratic Party wants to do,” he told moderator Chris Cuomo to audible audience applause. “I follow country, then party. And it’s the wrong thing for the country.” He made clear he would not support using a shutdown as leverage in negotiations.
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John Fetterman just blew up Democrats&#8217; shut down narrative.
FETTERMAN: &#8220;Shutting the government is really what the Democratic Party wants to do&#8230; [Obamacare subsidies were] designed by the Democratic Party to expire &#8230; This is NOT something taken by the Republicans.” <a href="https://t.co/VE4s1LRWDE">pic.twitter.com/VE4s1LRWDE</a>
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Fetterman, one of the Senate’s most outspoken members, openly criticized Democrats for structuring the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) subsidies to expire at the end of 2025.
“This was designed by the Democratic Party to expire at the end of the year,” he said. “This is not something taken by the Republicans.” Translation: the expiration wasn’t some conservative plot — it was baked into the policy by Democrats themselves.
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He added that while he supports extending those subsidies, it should happen without holding the federal government hostage. “Let’s have a conversation to extend it and not shut the government down.”
The statement sent shockwaves through Washington and drew praise from Republicans, who quickly seized on it as validation.
“Senator John Fetterman said the quiet part out loud,” said RNC Chairman Joe Gruters. “Democrats caused this shutdown. They’re responsible for the expiration of their own policies, and now hardworking Americans are paying the price.”
This wasn’t Fetterman’s first warning shot. Back in March, he <a href="https://x.com/SenFettermanPA/status/1898012199051767997">declared</a> flatly on X: “Never, never, never vote for a shutdown — ever.” In early October, he <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/03/fetterman-heres-why-shutdown-is-fundamentally-wrong/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">reinforced</a> the same position: “When the Republicans were doing it, we rightly criticized them … Don’t shut it down. It’s fundamentally wrong.”
Fetterman was so committed to avoiding a shutdown that in late September, he became <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/john-fetterman-senate-vote-government-shutdown-20250919.html">one of three Democrats</a> in the Senate to vote for the Republican-crafted continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government running — a temporary bill that kept funding flat but didn’t address Democratic healthcare priorities. He also voted for the Democratic version, which would have extended Obamacare subsidies but failed to pass. His logic? Support both if it means avoiding chaos.
“My vote affirms that, despite their refusal to restore health care, I am unwilling to vote to shut down our government and unleash massive, national chaos,” Fetterman said at the time.
Fetterman’s move is rare in today’s polarized Senate. The Left wants to blame House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Republicans, but Fetterman’s words shredded that narrative.
In classic unfiltered fashion, Fetterman shrugged off a Trump-reposted video showing Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) in a photoshopped sombrero, saying, “Somebody can put me in a sombrero and a mustache &#8230; I’ll laugh at it too.”
As Democrats head into a critical election year, one of their own just admitted: the shutdown wasn’t forced on them. They chose it.
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Senate Republicans—joined by one high-profile Democrat—on Wednesday <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-war-powers-trump-venezuela-boat-strikes/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">blocked</a> a War Powers resolution that sought to stop President Donald Trump from continuing airstrikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean. The measure failed in a 51–48 vote, with Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman breaking ranks to vote against it, while Republican Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska sided with Democrats.
The resolution, spearheaded by Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff of California and Tim Kaine of Virginia, would have required congressional authorization before the U.S. military could engage in hostilities with any non-state drug-trafficking organizations, including those that the Trump administration has labeled “foreign terrorist organizations.” The White House has already conducted four strikes on vessels near Venezuela since early September, and has declared the U.S. is in a “non-international armed conflict” with cartels.
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“The Administration strongly opposes passage of S.J. Res. 83, a joint resolution that would direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities against any foreign terrorist organization or specially designated global terrorist designated on or after February 20, 2025, engaged in the promotion, trafficking, or distribution of illegal drugs, and other related activities,” the Trump administration <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/3834945/trump-cartels-us-armed-conflict-memo-congress/">stated</a> on Tuesday.
At the beginning of October, the White House <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/3834945/trump-cartels-us-armed-conflict-memo-congress/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent a memo</a> to Congress stating that the drug cartels were terrorist organizations and unlawful combatants. “The United States has now reached a critical point where we must use force in self-defense and defense of others against the ongoing attacks by these designated terrorist organizations,” it declared.
“As we have said many times, the President acted in line with the law of armed conflict to protect our country from those trying to bring deadly poison to our shores, and he is delivering on his promise to take on the cartels and eliminate these national security threats from murdering more Americans,” White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly commented.
GOP Senator Mike Crapo of Idaho <a href="https://www.notus.org/foreign-policy/trump-caribbean-boat-strikes-republicans-senate-democrats-vote?utm_source=chatgpt.com">said</a> the strikes were “fully compliant and fully justified.” Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) called the cartels “narco-terrorists” and praised Trump for “trying to get drugs out of this country.”
Sen. Paul argued, “Is it too much to ask to know the names of those we kill before we kill them? To know what evidence exists of their guilt?” He added: “Death is generally not the penalty for drug smuggling.”
Fetterman’s vote gave the administration the edge it needed. He has demonstrated a willingness to break with Democrats before, especially regarding the Israel-Hamas war.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) who is unfailingly left on political issues but is also a fervent supporter of the State of Israel, admitted this week that the reason allies of hard-Left New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani want to primary him is because of his support for Israel.
The conversation stemmed from CNN’s Abby Phillip noting that Mamdani’s allies have a list of congressional representatives they want to challenge in primaries and Torres is on the list.
Torres is not the only Democrat to be pilloried by members of his party for supporting Israel; Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/as-fetterman-defends-israel-dems-suddenly-question-his-mental-health">targeted for the same reason</a>.
“I want to ask you this,” CNN’s Ana Navarro said. “How the hell does the first openly gay Afro-Puerto Rican congressperson from the Bronx, end up being establishment? What — what does establishment mean these days in the Democratic Party?”
“For me, the lesson learned from Mamdani&#8217;s victory is that there is no Democratic establishment,” Torres replied, alluding to Mamdani&#8217;s recent win in the Democratic Party&#8217;s primary for New York City mayor.
“What do you mean by that? What do you mean by that?” Phillip interjected.
“Are you being honest when you say you don&#8217;t know why they&#8217;re targeting you?” CNN conservative political commentator Scott Jennings asked bluntly. “ You know why they&#8217;re targeting you.
“Oh, no, I&#8217;m not — I know why they&#8217;re targeting —” Torres managed.
“But you know why they&#8217;re targeting you,” Jennings persisted.
“But I don&#8217;t — I don&#8217;t care that they&#8217;re targeting me,” Torres protested.
“So, why don&#8217;t you say it?” Jennings challenged. “You know why they&#8217;re targeting you.”
“I think they&#8217;re targeting me because I&#8217;m pro-Israel,” Torres admitted.
“That&#8217;s 100 percent correct,” Jennings agreed.
“That&#8217;s the issue,” Torres finished, adding, “I am specifically targeted because of my position on Israel.”
“And by the way he&#8217;s been courageous on this issue and he&#8217;s had a backbone and he stood up to the wacko radicals in his party on this, and he deserves all the credit in the world for it,” Jennings declared. “But that&#8217;s why he&#8217;s on the list, because these people have a burning hatred for Israel. It&#8217;s one of their main pieces of their platform and that&#8217;s why they put them on the list and it&#8217;s terrible.”
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Often, my main function is to get to the heart of the matter 👇
In NYC, Mamdani’s radical, socialist, anti-Semitic supporters are trying to primary <a href="https://twitter.com/RepRitchie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepRitchie</a> for one reason only: because of his courageous stance on Israel. Let’s not pretend there’s any other reason. <a href="https://t.co/M66fhAbkrf">pic.twitter.com/M66fhAbkrf</a>
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Three months after the Hamas massacre of roughly 1,200 people in Israel on October 7, 2023, Torres gave <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ritchie-torres-gives-impassioned-speech-denouncing-those-cheering-celebrating-october-7-massacre" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impassioned</a> response to those who had cheered and celebrated the attack.
“Like all of you, I was profoundly shaken, not only by October 7, but by its aftermath. I found it utterly horrifying to see fellow Americans openly cheering and celebrating the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust,” he stated at the annual Martin Luther King sermon at Central Synagogue in Manhattan.
“And for me, the aftermath of October 7 revealed the barbarity of the American heart that reminded me of an earlier and darker time in our nation’s history; a time when the public mobs of Jim Crow would openly celebrate the lynching of African-Americans or the lynching of a Jewish-American like Leo Frank,” he continued.
“And so words cannot express the overwhelming outrage that I felt at the barbaric reaction to the barbarism of October 7. You know, people often ask me, ‘Why do you care so deeply? Why do you speak out so frequently and forcefully against antisemitism?’ And I simply reply, ‘You are asking the wrong question. The question is not why have I chosen to be outspoken; the question is why have others chosen to be silent amid the deadliest day for the Jews since the Holocaust.’”
“Dr. King once said that history will record that the greatest tragedy is not the strident clamor of the bad people, but it’s the appalling silence of the good people,” Torres recalled. “Elie Wiesel once said that the opposite of love is not hate; it is indifference. And what we’ve seen in the aftermath of October 7 is appalling silence and indifference and cowardice from so-called leaders in our society; from institutions that we once respected and admired. And if we as a society cannot bring ourselves to condemn the murder of innocents with moral clarity, then we must ask: What are we becoming as a society? What does that reveal about the depth of anti-Semitism in the American soul?”
“October 7 has been an awakening for the Jewish community, but it must be a reckoning for all of America,” he declared. “We must confront the deepening rot of anti-Semitism; on social media platforms, on college campuses, and elsewhere in America. We must ask ourselves: What kind of society do we wish to be? Do we wish to be a society that affirms that every life, every Jewish life, every black life, every life, has inherent dignity and value and worth? That each of us is a child of God, that each of us is an equal creation in the image of God?”
“Or do we wish to be a society that affirms that violence and terror, no matter how barbaric, can be justified and even glorified, under the guise of ‘resistance,’” he asked pointedly.
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I had the honor of delivering the annual MLK sermon at Central Synagogue.
My speech touches on a range of topics and themes: October 7th, Jim Crow, Leo Frank, MLK, Elie Wiesel, silence, indifference, moral clarity, nonviolence, Israel, Am Yisrael Chai, Hatikvah, and hope. <a href="https://t.co/stxqxzgyLi">pic.twitter.com/stxqxzgyLi</a>
— Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) <a href="https://twitter.com/RitchieTorres/status/1747065334467584292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) slammed his colleagues for calling to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defending ICE agents and saying he “fully supports” the members of law enforcement.
Fetterman blasted those, including his Democratic colleagues, who have called to abolish the federal law enforcement agency, which is responsible for arresting and deporting illegal aliens.
“ICE agents are just doing their job, and I fully support that,” the Pennsylvania Senator said in a video. “People in my party might want to abolish it or treat them as criminals or anything, that’s just inappropriate and outrageous,” he went on to say. “ICE performs an important job for our nation.”
Fetterman doubled down on his comments in a statement on social media Thursday. “ICE performs an important job for our country,” the Democrat from Pennsylvania wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, as he doubled down on his message. “Any calls to abolish ICE are [100%] inappropriate and outrageous.”
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ICE performs an important job for our country.
Any calls to abolish ICE are 💯 inappropriate and outrageous.
— U.S. Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenFettermanPA/status/1943369815600644432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
But shortly after his comments defending ICE, Fetterman <a href="https://x.com/SenFettermanPA/status/1943389088448471531">voiced his support</a> for mass amnesty for illegal aliens, a longtime goal of Democrat politicians.
“Absolutely support amnesty for the hardworking, otherwise law-abiding migrant workers,” Fetterman said online. “Round up and deport the criminals. We must acknowledge the critical contribution migrants make to our nation’s economy.”
The statements come just after an anonymous House Democrat indicated that opponents of mass deportations must be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-demand-blood-storming-of-white-house-to-resist-trump">willing to get shot</a> while protesting ICE. “There needs to be blood to grab the attention of the press and the public,” the Democrat said.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) recently <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-fundraises-trying-abolish-ice-amid-trumps-crackdown-illegal-immigration">called</a> for ICE to be abolished in a fundraising email, in which she dubbed ICE a &#8220;rogue agency.&#8221;
Fetterman’s break with Democrat colleagues who advocate for the abolition of ICE comes as the federal agency has been hit with a wave of attacks.
A gunman was killed after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-gunman-in-tactical-gear-killed-after-opening-fire-on-border-patrol-agents">opening fire</a> on Border Patrol agents in McAllen, Texas, in what authorities say appeared to be “a purposeful ambush/attack against federal agents.” Two officers were injured in the attack.
Other radicals have set out to obstruct ICE agents as they arrest illegal aliens, or foster violent unrest at protests against the agents. Four individuals were arrested in Los Angeles upon suspicion that they laid <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/far-left-activists-in-l-a-arrested-for-targeting-immigration-enforcement-vehicles-with-tire-spikes?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Far-Left+Activists+In+L.A.+Arrested+For+Targeting+Immigration+Enforcement+Vehicles+With+Tire+Spikes">homemade road spikes</a> in the way of law enforcement vehicles.

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Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) irritated members of his own party by complaining about Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer&#8217;s (D-NY) move to force a clerk to read President Donald Trump&#8217;s One Big, Beautiful Bill in its entirety — and then complaining that the extra time spent on Capitol Hill had resulted in him missing out on a family vacation.
Schumer forced the move on Saturday, saying, &#8220;I will object to Republicans moving forward on their Big, Ugly Bill without reading it on the Senate floor. Republicans won’t tell America what’s in the bill. So Democrats are forcing it to be read start to finish on the floor. We will be here all night if that’s what it takes to read it.&#8221;
Fetterman made it clear that he was unhappy with the move from the start, saying, &#8220;It&#8217;s not like it&#8217;s pathetic to force the clerk to read it or anything.&#8221;
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Fetterman not really happy with Dems forcing the clerk to read the bill: “it’s not like it’s pathetic to force the clerk to read it or anything”
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The delay apparently put the Pennsylvania senator off his family vacation at the beach, another development that left him none too pleased.
&#8220;Oh my God, I just want to go home,” the Pennsylvania Democrat told reporters on Monday. “I’ve already missed our entire trip to the beach, my family&#8217;s going to be back before we do … I’m going to vote no. There’s no drama that — we know [how] the votes are going to go. The only interesting votes are going to be on the margins, whether that&#8217;s Collins or Johnson, but all the Democrats, we all know how that&#8217;s going to go &#8230; I don’t think it’s really helpful to put people here until some ungodly hour.&#8221;
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🚨 SENATOR JOHN FETTERMAN (D-PA) FUMES over extended voting on the Big Bill: “Oh my God, I just want to go home.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;ve already I&#8217;ve missed our entire trip to the beach…I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s really helpful to put people here till some ungodly hour.&#8221;<a href="https://t.co/37nFBMtTLV">pic.twitter.com/37nFBMtTLV</a>
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Critics then turned on Fetterman, complaining that he was so worried about a family vacation that he didn&#8217;t care about working for the people who elected him.
Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said, &#8220;There is always dignity in fighting for the American people. We should be here fighting for the American people. I don&#8217;t care if it takes a month.&#8221;
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JUST NOW: Mark Kelly speaks on John Fetterman’s comments: “There is always dignity in fighting for the American people. We should be here fighting for the American people. I don&#8217;t care if it takes a month” <a href="https://t.co/f74g2yJXle">pic.twitter.com/f74g2yJXle</a>
— Marco Foster (@MarcoFoster_) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarcoFoster_/status/1939780224507314259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Criticisms aside, Fetterman is likely correct in his assessment that it will be the fringe votes that drive whether or not the One Big, Beautiful Bill makes it across the finish line.

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Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) declared today that Israel should have &#8220;absolutely&#8221; targeted and &#8220;taken out&#8221; Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the conflict between the two nations goes into its 5th day.
&#8220;Yeah, 100 percent,&#8221; Fetterman replied when asked in a Fox News interview if Israel should have targeted Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader. &#8220;Yeah, I think they should have targeted him. Absolutely gone and taken him out,&#8221; the Pennsylvania Democrat told &#8220;America&#8217;s Newsroom.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/live-updates-israel-strikes-iran?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Daily+Wire&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=LIVE+UPDATES%3A+Trump+Calls+For+Iran+To+Surrender%2C+Says+The+Ayatollah+Is+An+%E2%80%98Easy+Target%E2%80%99">conflict</a> erupted last week after Israel launched a flurry of strikes on Tehran, targeting Iran&#8217;s nuclear facilities and missile sites and <a href="https://x.com/KassyAkiva/status/1934999205518422511">killing</a> several top officials and scientists. Iran has <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5355319-john-fetterman-israel-iran-supreme-leader/">responded</a> with airstrikes of its own as tensions in the region continue to escalate, per The Hill.
&#8220;The way Israel operates, they just take out the leadership, just like they did with Hezbollah. And they&#8217;ve already done that with the Iranian leadership,&#8221; Fetterman continued. “That&#8217;s magnificent &#8230; I don&#8217;t know why they would have left the leader out.&#8221;
Fetterman has consistently backed Israel throughout its war with Hamas in Gaza and its conflict with Iran, posting Thursday on X: “Our commitment to Israel must be absolute and I fully support this attack.”
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Our commitment to Israel must be absolute and I fully support this attack. 
Keep wiping out Iranian leadership and the nuclear personnel.
We must provide whatever is necessary—military, intelligence, weaponry—to fully back Israel in striking Iran. <a href="https://t.co/3lm1YD6dVr">https://t.co/3lm1YD6dVr</a>
&mdash; U.S. Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenFettermanPA/status/1933337901963903335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hasn&#8217;t <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/israel-iran-netanyahu-khamenei-trump-regime-change-rcna213425">ruled out</a> targeting Khamenei, saying in a Tuesday interview, “We are doing what we need to do,” and Israel’s operation “could certainly” lead to regime change.
President Trump echoed similar sentiments on Truth Social, <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114699610769479275">stating</a>: &#8220;We know exactly where the so-called &#8216;Supreme Leader&#8217; is hiding. He is an easy target, but is safe there — We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now.&#8221;
While President Trump indicated that Khamenei was not an immediate target, he has signaled that the administration is pursuing a more comprehensive solution to the conflict rather than a temporary halt in hostilities. However, Trump also declined to rule out potential U.S. military involvement.
“We’re not involved in it. It’s possible we could get involved. But we are not at this moment involved,” Trump told ABC News.
On Tuesday, Trump noted the administration was looking for something &#8220;better than a ceasefire.&#8221;
The conflict between Israel and Iran represents the most direct confrontation between the two longtime adversaries in decades, occurring as Iran continues advancing its nuclear program through uranium enrichment at levels violating their non-proliferation obligations by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The Islamic Republic has long called for Israel&#8217;s destruction and has funded proxy groups across the Middle East that have attacked Israel and U.S. interests in the region.
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FOX: &quot;You say show no mercy, and if you have to take the Supreme Leader out, do it. Explain your position.&quot;
FETTERMAN: &quot;100%. Yeah. I think they should have targeted him. Absolutely. Gone and taken him out!&quot;
&quot;The way Israel operates, they just take out the leadership, just like… <a href="https://t.co/Ehq4dwSC41">pic.twitter.com/Ehq4dwSC41</a>
&mdash; Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href="https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1934980536067371157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) came out as firmly pro-parade as many elected Democrats and media talking heads panned the planned parade that took place on Saturday celebrating the 250th birthday of the U.S. Army.
Fetterman shared a post from the Army&#8217;s official account showing the parade in real time, and added the following caption: &#8220;This parade is comprised of our sons, daughters, mothers and fathers—the very best of us. Regardless of your politics, it’s appropriate to celebrate the 250 years of sacrifice, dedication and service.&#8221;
The Pennsylvania Senator followed that with an American flag emoji.
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This parade is comprised of our sons, daughters, mothers and fathers—the very best of us.
Regardless of your politics, it’s appropriate to celebrate the 250 years of sacrifice, dedication and service. 🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/YghyZkK2JS">https://t.co/YghyZkK2JS</a>
— U.S. Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenFettermanPA/status/1934022160068092021?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;It’s really amazing that there’s only one Democratic senator capable of hitting a layup,&#8221; Peter Hasson commented.
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It’s really amazing that there’s only one Democratic senator capable of hitting a layup <a href="https://t.co/h23KYsMrxJ">https://t.co/h23KYsMrxJ</a>
— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) <a href="https://twitter.com/peterjhasson/status/1934029480642957519?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Being for the Army is the lowest bar in US politics &#8230; Only ONE Democratic Senator could get over it &#8230;&#8221; Andrew Follett added.
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Being for the Army is the lowest bar in US politics&#8230;
Only ONE Democratic Senator could get over it&#8230; <a href="https://t.co/TNin52e0Gg">https://t.co/TNin52e0Gg</a>
— Andrew Follett (@AndrewCFollett) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewCFollett/status/1934030472872444049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;He&#8217;s so getting kicked out of the Democrat party!&#8221; another posted.
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He&#8217;s so getting kicked out of the Democrat party! <a href="https://t.co/XERqnsjSPF">https://t.co/XERqnsjSPF</a>
— Rich Zeoli 🇺🇸 (@Richzeoli) <a href="https://twitter.com/Richzeoli/status/1934023575113171124?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Critics, like the cohosts of ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View,&#8221; attempted to spin the parade as a birthday celebration to honor President Trump — who happened to celebrate his 79th birthday on June 14th as well — and complained that the image of soldiers marching by in their uniforms would look like something out of North Korea, Russia, or Europe in the 1930s.
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&#8220;Tanks will be rolling through the nation&#8217;s capital along with 7,000 marching soldiers to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States Army &#8230; and it happens to be his 79th birthday, what a coincidence!&#8221; Joy Behar complained.
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The View&#8217;s Sara Haines HATES America&#8217;s troops. She says they&#8217;re going tot look like Nazis and North Koreans marching through DC: 
&#8220;When I think of military parades, I think of Russia, I think of North Korea. I have these visuals of people saluting and doing things and that&#8217;s just… <a href="https://t.co/MO6b1rbwkM">pic.twitter.com/MO6b1rbwkM</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1933544870355898463?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;When I think of military parades, I think of Russia, I think of North Korea. I have these visuals of people saluting and doing things and that&#8217;s just not what I think of when I think of the U.S. &#8230; a parade that harkens World War II propaganda&#8230;&#8221; Sara Haines added.

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Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania ripped into his own party on Monday over anti-immigration enforcement riots in the Los Angeles area.
“I unapologetically stand for free speech, peaceful demonstrations, and immigration — but this is not that. This is anarchy and true chaos,” Fetterman posted on social media. “My party loses the moral high ground when we refuse to condemn setting cars on fire, destroying buildings, and assaulting law enforcement.”
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I unapologetically stand for free speech, peaceful demonstrations, and immigration—but this is not that.
This is anarchy and true chaos.
My party loses the moral high ground when we refuse to condemn setting cars on fire, destroying buildings, and assaulting law enforcement. <a href="https://t.co/pPYbvP6xR0">pic.twitter.com/pPYbvP6xR0</a>
&mdash; U.S. Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenFettermanPA/status/1932234335425323417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The Pennsylvania senator’s condemnation of his own party comes as Democrats in Washington and California attack President Donald Trump and his administration for ordering National Guard troops and Marines to L.A. County.
Starting Friday, riots that began as anti-immigration enforcement protests have rocked pockets of L.A. Rioters in face masks and waving foreign flags have set fire to cars, thrown bricks at police and federal officers, confronted authorities, defaced property, blocked traffic, and promoted civil unrest.
Over the course of the riots, notable Democrats have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-backs-la-protests-after-rioters-attack-federal-officers">focused</a> more ire against the Trump administration’s decision to send in troops to quell the unrest than condemn rioting among anti-law enforcement demonstrators, accusing federal authorities of escalating the situation.
“Deploying the National Guard is a dangerous escalation meant to provoke chaos. In addition to the recent ICE raids in Southern California and across our nation, it is part of the Trump Administration’s cruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division,” former Vice President Kamala Harris said in a statement that went on to call the demonstrations “overwhelmingly peaceful.”
On Monday, California sued the Trump administration for ordering the National Guard into the Los Angeles area. California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom said that the president violated the Constitution and undermined the state’s autonomy with the order. Newsom and other Democrats have also claimed that additional law enforcement sent to Los Angeles has only exacerbated the protests rather than tamp them down.
Newsom and Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass have condemned violence during the protests. The two elected Democrats have faced fire from Trump and other Republicans for failing to quell the unrest in the first place, however.
“We made a great decision in sending the National Guard to deal with the violent, instigated riots in California. If we had not done so, Los Angeles would have been completely obliterated,” said Trump in a Monday <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114654277401980803">post</a> to Truth Social.
“The very incompetent ‘Governor,’ Gavin Newscum, and ‘Mayor,’ Karen Bass, should be saying, ‘THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP, YOU ARE SO WONDERFUL. WE WOULD BE NOTHING WITHOUT YOU, SIR,’” he continued. “Instead, they choose to lie to the People of California and America by saying that we weren’t needed, and that these are ‘peaceful protests.’ Just one look at the pictures and videos of the Violence and Destruction tells you all you have to know.”

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