Pittsburgh Steel: Senator John Fetterman Stands Tall as Israel’s Ironclad Defender

In the moral morass of post-October 7 politics, as American lawmakers were silenced by the mob baying for Israel’s blood, one politician stood tall. At 6’8”, John Fetterman, the once progressive junior senator from Pennsylvania, has emerged as a man of steely conviction in a party whose left flank has moved to embrace the Hamas narrative, a surprising yet steadfast defender of the Jewish state in its darkest hour

IF Senator John Fetterman had a dollar for every time he’s been asked the question since October 7, he’d collect multiples of the $150 annual salary he once drew as mayor.

Pennsylvania’s junior senator was towering over the aisles of a Pittsburgh store a few weeks ago when a man came over to introduce himself.

“Hi, I’m Jewish, and I want to thank you for standing with Israel through all of this,” he said. “What I don’t understand is why you do it — do you have some kind of Jewish roots?”

From the moment he stood draped in an Israeli flag at the rally for Israel in Washington, D.C., last November, fathoming Fetterman has practically become a Jewish parlor game. Is Fetterman a Jewish name? Can Jews even grow to six feet, eight inches? How did a one-time progressive become such a fierce advocate for Israel?