'Chaos,' 'unacceptable': Fetterman rips Democratic handling of border in bipartisan discussion

Both Pennsylvania Democratic Sen John Fetterman and GOP Sen Dave McCormick spoke in a bipartisan forum about the importance of margin shield with Fetterman going so far as to call out his own party on the issue I've kind of I've lost particular backing in my party I thought the demarcation was really critical and our party did not handle the margin appropriately Fetterman recounted Fox News Sunday host Shannon Bream during a FOX Nation presentation of The Senate Project series on Monday Look at the numbers people showing up at our demarcation And you know we can all agree that's roughly the size of Pittsburgh Now that's unacceptable And that's a national prevention issue And that's chaos So a secure frontier being very pro-immigration that's who I am as a Democrat Fetterman who drew the ire of countless Democrats when he supported the Laken Riley Act explained how he has been at odds with his base but his values have never changed on the immigration issue which polling shows was a key factor in President Donald Trump's voting process success in November MUSK S DEPARTURE MARKS NEW CHAPTER FOR AUTHORITIES EFFICIENCY IN CONFINES MEASURE We are going to disagree and vote on different things Fetterman mentioned But for me it's about trying to find the things we can win together and deliver those kinds of wins for Pennsylvania and ultimately for America Fetterman bucked his own party at multiple points in the discussion with McCormick including as it relates to his party's handling of antisemitism on college campuses and in the streets MOHAMED SABRY SOLIMAN WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ACCUSED IN COLORADO TERROR ATTACK What happened the day before today in Boulder It's astonishing Fetterman reported reacting to what the FBI is calling a terrorist attack against a pro-Israel group in Boulder Colorado over the weekend You know the kinds of the rank antisemitism it's out of control And for me and as my friend just pointed out this is just rampant across all the universities for all of these places too I mean we really need to call it what it is And now and for me politically being very very firmly on the side of Israel that kind of put parts of my party at odds for that The Senate Project series brings together sitting senators from opposing parties for civil dialogue about current political issues with the goal of identifying solutions and bridging partisan divides The series reflects the shared mission of the Kennedy Institute and Hatch Foundation to advance bipartisanship Vigorous and open dialogue is an essential part of our democracy and having these two senators from opposite sides of the aisle discuss critical issues of the day is a valuable contribution to the masses discourse Kennedy Institute Chairman Bruce A Percelay announced in a report Fox News Digital's Paul Steinhauser contributed to this overview