Fetterman admits Dems 'sort of lost ourselves' on key election issue

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., acknowledged that Democrats had a large occupation erstwhile it came to borderline security, resulting successful Republicans securing power of some chambers of Congress and the White House.

Fetterman did not propulsion punches successful reflecting connected his enactment during an quality connected "Fox News Sunday."

"Well, 1 country wherever we benignant of mislaid ourselves was the border," the Democratic legislator stated. "And I've been connected this network, you know, months, months agone saying, 'Hey, you know, it can't beryllium arguable for our enactment to person pro-immigration, but we request a unafraid border.' And erstwhile we inquire oregon request radical to not judge what they see, and spot those benignant of numbers, that that's not a problem. It's like, well, past you suffer astir that 100%," 

"I've tried to picture – you person up to 300,000 radical – encounters – per month. And I enactment that successful position with Pennsylvania. I'm like, that's the size of Pittsburgh showing up successful 1 month," Fetterman told big Gillian Turner. "It's like, what's going to hap for those folks? If we privation them [to have] the American Dream for those people, however tin we perchance present that? Where bash they go? And we can't unreal that that's not a important issue. And we got to code that." 

Democrats person traditionally defined themselves arsenic the anti-war party, but Fetterman seemed to suggest it mislaid its footing erstwhile progressives grew captious of Israel's warfare against Hamas terrorists pursuing the Oct. 7 attacks. Fetterman said Israel's effort against Hamas and Ukraine's combat against Russia are 2 "just" wars that stay ongoing.

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Sen. John Fetterman speaks astatine a rally for Democratic statesmanlike nominee Kamala Harris connected Oct. 14, 2024, successful Erie, Pennsylvania. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

In respect to Israel, Fetterman said helium "never supported a cease-fire, and that was the close thing." 

"I said I was going to travel Israel. And since they refused to person that cease-fire, they person eliminated and breached Hamas, and Hezbollah, Hezbollah was expected to beryllium similar the eventual bada-- successful the Middle East, and present they were a clump of Keystone Cops, and Iran has conscionable been exposed, arsenic you know, they truly can't combat astir anything. So that's been a important improvement here," Fetterman said. 

"And with respect to Ukraine, Ukraine was invaded, and for me, for me, it's astir lasting connected the broadside of democracy," helium continued. "And I was precise supportive astir that aid. And I don't recognize if the different broadside would halt delivering that benignant of aid. That's a disagreement, but I've been very, precise wide supporting Israel and Ukraine." 

Sen. John Fetterman gestures during a run rally for Vice President Kamala Harris successful Rankin, Pennsylvania, connected Nov. 4, 2024. (Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images)

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Turner noted that President-elect Trump's modulation squad has touted their overseas argumentation and nationalist information squad arsenic the astir pro-Israel successful American history. That includes Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., tapped to go caput of state, Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., nominated for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Huckabee, chosen arsenic U.S. ambassador to Israel, and Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., arsenic nationalist information adviser.  

"In presumption of the incoming administration, I really similar what I spot successful presumption of being very, precise beardown pro-Israel," Fetterman said, adding that Israel has made "magnificent kinds of progress… generating longer word bid by destroying Hamas, Hezbollah, and demonstrating that Iran, really, doesn’t person the benignant of capableness to present immoderate kinds of damage." 

Sen. John Fetterman joins Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for a rally connected Oct. 2, 2024, successful York, Pennsylvania. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

He indicated helium would enactment Rubio, and perchance Dr. Mehmet Oz, who Fetterman defeated during a contentious Senate race. 

Fetterman said connected Sunday that helium knows "it got kinda ugly" successful his contention against Oz, but helium "doesn't person immoderate benignant of bitterness" and "is unfastened to dialogue," adding, "I'm not definite wherefore that's controversial." 

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 "I'm not going to pre-hate. I'm not going to pre-hate a batch of these things, and I'm not going to pre-hate this," Fetterman said. "I'm going to person an unfastened speech for anyone, that I'm unfastened to having portion of that conversation."