Fetterman threatens to flip Republican…

John Fetterman says he could leave the Democratic Party if Chris Van Hollen, whom he calls hostile to Israel, becomes Senate leader.

Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman has again signalled that his party’s support for Israel will decide whether he remains a Democrat. He warned that the election of Chris Van Hollen as Senate leader would make him reassess his allegiance.

Speaking with Fox News anchor Kayleigh McEnany on Saturday in his first interview since the midterm election, Fetterman said he could walk away if the party continues a leftward shift, the Daily Mail reported.

“It would be troubling if my caucus elects someone like Van Hollen that has really made his name being very anti-hostile to Israel, you know,” Fetterman told McEnany.

Van Hollen, a Maryland senator, is challenging Chuck Schumer for the top job after Democrats won back control of both chambers. The secret-ballot vote is set for early December.

Fetterman has drawn this line before. “If our party ever becomes — and just makes it official — the anti-Israel party, that’s when I would leave because that’s been a moral clarity for me,” he said over the summer.