Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania denounced the BDS movement in an interview this week, saying that while Harvard has always been a bit “pinko,” he has since joined Harvard in the wake of Claudine Gay's resignation as president. Even after all these years, he said he still doesn't “recognize” it. .
“As a Harvard alumnus, I graduated 25 years ago, of course I was always a little pinko,” Fetterman said. told semaphor This week: “But I don’t know that now.”
Fetterman's comments came shortly after Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned after struggling to answer questions accusing her of anti-Semitism in front of Congress and being accused of plagiarism nearly 50 times. .
Fetterman also told Semaphore, “Israel is exactly the kind of beacon of values that you want to see, American values, progressive ideals.”
“America is our strongest ally in this region, and we have a very special relationship. I don't understand how people can do that. I'll never understand it. I call them “colonizers”. Where does this come from? Is it TikTok? I'm not sure. It must have been a conversation in the classroom. ”
Fetterman also addressed calls from within the party for a “ceasefire” in Israel.
“More and more of my colleagues are asking for that,” Fetterman said. “It's so strange. Why don't we ask Hamas to surrender? If Hamas surrenders and hands over the guns, all the murders and all the misery will happen.”
Fetterman has drawn criticism from Democrats for some of his positions, including on Israel and immigration, and recently told NBC News that he is “not a progressive.”
“I consider myself a very passionate Democrat about choices and other things. But when it comes to Israel, I'm going to be on the right side. And immigration is near and dear to me. , I think we need to deal with this effectively as well,” Fetterman said.
