John Fetterman has trolled pro-Palestinian protestors who turned up at his home by unfurling a huge Israeli flag from the rooftop as they chanted below.
Protestors gathered outside his Braddock home, just outside of Pittsburgh, and were heard yelling: ‘Fetterman, Fetterman, you can’t hide. You’re supporting genocide.’
Fetterman, a first term senator, remained silent in response but rolled out the blue and white flag of Israel.
It’s not the first time Fetterman has trolled those supporting Gaza and the Palestinian cause.
During a rally for Israel in Washington D.C. he arrived draped in an Israeli flag.
Pro-Palestinian protestors were trolled by Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman who unfurled a huge Israeli flag from the rooftop of his home
Protestors down below gathered outside his Braddock home, just outside of Pittsburgh, chanting: ‘Fetterman, Fetterman, you can’t hide. You’re supporting 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 protesters faces outside of the Senate.
Fetterman, who is not Jewish, has been criticized by member of his own party over staunch support of Israel to defend itself from Hamas terrorists in the aftermath of the October 7 attacks.
He has been a vocal supporter of Israel placing emphasis on the tragedy suffered by innocent Israelis.
A deep intra-party rift has broken out 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, plastered photos of Israeli hostages to the wall outside his office and draped himself in an Israeli flag in photos.
Democrat Senator John Fetterman set off a crowd of pro-Palestine protesters by waving a Israeli flag at those who were demanding ceasefire on Capitol Hill in November 2023
As Fetterman, in his signature hoodie-and-shorts, walked through the crowd, angry pro-Palestine demonstrators shouted, ‘Shame! What a joke!’
John Fetterman waves Israeli flag at anti-Israel protesters getting arrested after occupying Kirsten Gillibrand’s congressional office last November
‘I do find it confusing where the very left progressives in America don’t seem to want to support really the only progressive nation in the region that really embraces the same kind of values 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 prisoners of war flag displayed outside his office.
‘Can’t it be possible that it’s really appropriate to stand for both?’
‘In my front office, I have displayed the posters of the innocent Israelis kidnapped by Hamas,’ and shared a video of the posters on X.
‘They will stay up until every single person is safely returned home,’ he wrote.
Fetterman also said he had met with families of the Hamas hostages and survivors of the October 7 massacre last year.
‘Together, we began to post photos of the hostages outside my office to stress the urgent need to bring them all home. My office is posting every last one,’ he wrote on X.
Early in the conflict he criticized his Democratic colleagues for hastily assigning blame to Israel for a hospital blast in Gaza.
‘It’s 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 massacred innocent Israeli citizens over our key ally?’
In November, the Pennsylvania Senator said, ‘In my front office, I have 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 to NBC News last month. ‘I just think I’m a Democrat that is very committed to choice and other things.
‘But with Israel, I’m going to be on the right side of that. And immigration is something near and dear to me, and I think we do have to effectively address it as well.’
Fetterman’s staunch support for Israel goes back years.
In April 2022, the then-lieutenant governor and Senate candidate told Jewish Insider: ‘Whenever I’m in a situation to be called on to take up the cause of strengthening and enhancing the security of Israel or deepening our relationship between the United States and Israel, I’m going to lean in.’
As for far-left Democrats who criticize Israel, he went on: ‘I would also respectfully say that I’m not really a progressive in that sense.’