One of the strangest, entertaining, and honestly awe-inspiring political journeys of the last decade has to be that of Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, who has had some sort of awakening and pulled back many of his extreme leftists positions and become much more of a balanced individual. I’d dare to say that some of his new political positions on issues facing the country are, “based.” And that’s odd to say about someone like Fetterman, who, honestly, I greatly disliked when he was running for the Senate seat he now occupies.
Fetterman continues to blow my mind too.
According to The Daily Wire:
Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) received a standing ovation after ripping off his Harvard University collar — and proclaiming that he was “profoundly disappointed” in his alma mater — during a commencement speech at Yeshiva University in New York.
Fetterman, who has been a vocal supporter of Israel since the devastating Hamas terror attacks on Israel last October 7th, explained that even though he himself had earned the Harvard collar when he graduated from the Ivy League institution, he did not feel right about wearing it given the school’s failure to deal with anti-Semitism on campus.
To a standing ovation, Senator John Fetterman removed his Harvard Crimson hood during commencement today in outrage over the rampant antisemitism here on campus. This is what true leadership looks like!
🎥 @safier pic.twitter.com/2nSG1liuja— Shabbos Kestenbaum (@ShabbosK) May 29, 2024
“I was putting together my speech, and I started to reflect the way probably all of you do,” Fetterman stated, explaining that his last graduation was 25 years ago when he received a degree from the once prestigious Harvard University.
“It was literally a quarter-century ago, 25 years ago, and I was graduating from Harvard University,” he went on to say, and after a brief pause, several people in the audience booed. “But today, I have been profoundly disappointed in the way — Harvard’s inability to stand up for the Jewish community after October 7. And for me personally, I do not fundamentally believe that it is right for me to wear this today.”
He removed his collar then, and the applause was immediate. Some in the audience cheered, and within seconds, they began to get to their feet, still clapping and cheering.
“The Jewish community everywhere deserves our support. And I promise you will always have mine,” Fetterman continued in his speech.
This isn’t the first time that Fetterman has laid the smack down on his former university, especially since the horrific attacks on Israel that happened last year. In fact, Fetterman said, “As an alum of Harvard — look, I graduated 25 years ago, and of course, it was always a little pinko. But now, I don’t recognize it.”
Man, I want to see more of this kind of stuff from Democrats. A sort of re-evaluating of principles, a deconstruction of their liberal ideology to see if it really stands up to scrutiny. I think that’s what Fetterman is doing, what he’s going through, and I hope it continues.
He doesn’t have to wholesale abandon his belief system, but looking at where it doesn’t work and rethinking things is a good move, especially in our climate today. He could end up becoming an incredibly important person that helps heal the divide in our nation.
That would be one heck of a redemption arc.