Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., on Wednesday said the U.S. military was making “profound” progress in Iran while defending President Donald Trump.
“I would like to remind people, every single Democrat running for president and every single Democrat in the Senate said, we can never allow [Iran] to acquire a nuclear weapon,” Fetterman said in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. “And now, if you want to talk about a war crime, Iran is a 47-year-old war crime, what they continue to behave.”
“I, as a Democrat, I supported what President Trump did to actually hold Iran accountable, and I think it's been successful,” he continued.
Fetterman pushed back on Democrats’ calls to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove the president from power. He also said it was hypocritical for members of his party to criticize Trump after he announced a two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran.
“I mean, you can't have it both ways. So where we are it's like strange to be gleeful, gleeful that we still have to accomplish some things and make these kinds of statements,” he said. “I'm old enough to remember we used to root for our military, and we would all agree that Iran is the world's leading terrorism underwriter. I mean, they are part of the evil empire.”
Fetterman said he would be the “only Democrat” to support Trump’s actions in Iran.