Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) has emerged as a staunch supporter of Israel.
But, his staff is not entirely on board with his views.
Speaking to Peter Savodnik of The Free Press, Fettermanâs communications director, Carrie Adams, openly expressed her disagreement with the views of her boss.
âI donât agree with him,â Adams said during a phone call with Savodnik.
She added, âI have a sense that his international views are a lot less nuanced than my generation, because when he was growing up, it was might makes right, and for my generation and younger who, of course, are the ones protesting this, they have a much more nuanced view of the region.â
Savodnik noted, âIâve been a reporter since the summer of 1998, when I covered Bill Clintonâs trip to Marthaâs Vineyard for the Vineyard Gazette. This was the first time Iâd ever encountered anyoneâon Capitol Hill or anywhere else, on the record, off the record, on background, whateverâcriticizing âthe principal.ââÂ
âItâs true that young people especially disagree with Fetterman. Sixty-five percent of todayâs college students have a favorable opinion of the pro-Hamas encampments that took over so many university campuses last spring and are now threatening to explode back to lifeâon campus and at the convention, where as many as 100,000 protesters are expected,â he continued. âBut still. If sporting a keffiyeh and retweeting whatever the Gaza Ministry of Health just said is how young progressives signal to each other that theyâre in the in-group, that theyâve gone full radical chic, then Fetterman is whatever the opposite of that is.â
Several criticized Adams for breaking with Fetterman as his communications director:
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Fetterman told the Savodnik, âIâve been frustrated by some of my members and how theyâve chosen to handle that situation.â
âI donât agree with a lot of their views, but whatever kinds of political choices or any kind of political costs that Iâve incurred throughout all that, I donât care,â he added.