Sen. John Fetterman is pushing back against members of his own party and major media outlets, accusing them of weakening the U.S. position by urging President Donald Trump to quickly halt military operations against Iran.

In an interview, Fetterman argued that the focus should remain squarely on Iran and its allied groups, rather than on criticizing the administration’s actions.

“It’s almost as if, you know, we’ve forgotten on the Democratic side that the real enemy, the real threat, the real danger is Iran and … proxies too,” Fetterman told Fox News.

He warned that persistent criticism from Democrats could embolden Tehran, suggesting that Iranian leaders may believe they only need to endure current military pressure long enough for political forces in Washington to force a U.S. retreat.

“You know, Iran must be so excited by the American media and the Democratic Party the way they, it’s like, as long as we can hang on for 60 days, more and more people continue to vote against, you know, the Trump administration to end the Iranian regime,” he said.

Fetterman also questioned why Democrats who support preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons are opposing the administration’s methods to achieve that goal.

“And so, why can we be this close and allow them to acquire nuclear bomb? So, that’s my real concern,” he said.

The criticism comes as Senate Democrats have intensified efforts to end U.S. involvement in the conflict, forcing yet another vote under the 1973 War Powers Act to compel the administration to withdraw American forces from the Iran theater.

Fetterman broke with his party on the issue, casting the lone Democratic vote against the resolution.

He has recently voiced frustration with how Democrats have responded to the conflict, saying he is troubled by rhetoric that, in his view, appears overly sympathetic to Iran due to opposition to Trump.

“It seems like people are almost rooting for Iran. It’s crazy,” Fetterman told video journalist Nicholas Ballasy in a recent interview. “So my party has been very disappointing, the way they’ve chosen to respond.”

Meanwhile, Chris Murphy faced criticism from Republicans after sharing a report on social media indicating that 26 vessels had bypassed the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, adding the comment “Awesome.”

Murphy later clarified that his remark was intended as sarcasm and criticized the administration’s handling of the conflict.

“Ok Twitter, I can’t believe I need to clarify this but obviously Trump’s bungled mismanagement of this war is not ‘awesome,’” he wrote in a separate social media post. “As I have said a million times here, it’s a disaster and he should end the war immediately. My tweet was something called ‘sarcasm.'”

{Matzav.com}