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WASHINGTON \u2014 Sen. John Fetterman has revealed how the Democratic Party could lose him as a member.<\/p>\n

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The Pennsylvanian claimed that while he has \u201cno plans\u201d to abandon his party, his fellow Democrats fully turning against US support for Israel would mark a parting of the ways.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf our party ever becomes \u2014 and just makes it official \u2014 the anti-Israel party, that\u2019s when I would leave because that\u2019s been a moral clarity for me,\u201d Fetterman, 56, told the Hill Nation Summit on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy long-term concern has been with the Democratic Party, as I am a member of that, is that our party is going to back away and turn their back to Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fetterman has frequently attacked the left flank of his party over its animosity toward the Jewish state as well as its growing affection for socialism.<\/p>\n

The same day as Fetterman\u2019s remarks, 103 House Democrats backed an amendment by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) to cut off $3.3 billion in defense support for Israel.<\/p>\n

Among those to support the amendment were House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), the second-ranking conference member in the lower chamber. <\/p>\n

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Fetterman also attacked members of his party for \u201ctrying to ingratiate ourselves with that segment of the base of our voters are intensely, intensely anti-Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Pennsylvania senator has a 69% disapproval rating among Democratic voters in his home state while just 19% approve, according to a recent Quinnipiac University poll.<\/p>\n

But among Republicans, 77% approve of Fetterman\u2019s job performance, compared to 12% who disapprove.<\/p>\n

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Fetterman has repeatedly rebuffed overtures from Republicans to jump ship. In May, he wrote a Washington Post op-ed tearing into the calls for him to switch parties.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy values have not changed, and I have always turned to those kinds of ideals that defined being a Democrat,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI remain strongly pro-choice, pro-weed, pro-LGBT, pro-SNAP, pro-labor \u2026 I\u2019d be a terrible Republican who still votes overwhelmingly with Democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fetterman is not up for reelection until 2028 and has not said whether he will pursue a second term.<\/p>\n

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