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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., instructed District Attorney of Philadelphia Larry Krasner to “lighten up” on Sunday after Krasner got here after him throughout a NCS interview.
“He really ought to lighten up, Francis,” Fetterman instructed Fox News host Jacqui Heinrich, in an obvious reference to the 1981 comedy “Stripes.”
“A lot of the tough talk coming out of his office, that’s just pandering to people,” he continued.
Last week, Krasner compared ICE agents to Nazis.
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Sen. John Fetterman instructed Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner to “lighten up” after Krasner got here after the senator for criticizing his comparability of ICE brokers to Nazis. (Kevin Dietsch; Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images)
“This is a small bunch of wannabe Nazis, that’s what they are, in a country of 350 million. We outnumber them,” Krasner mentioned Tuesday in Philadelphia. “If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities, we will find you, we will achieve justice.”
Krasner then appeared on NCS and referred to as Fetterman “the favourite Democratic senator of Donald Trump,” claiming he “has completely sold out the principles on which he ran for office.”
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Philadelphia DA Lawrence Krasner (Matthew Hatcher/Reuters)
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“What [Fetterman] has been doing for quite some time, for whatever reason, and we all know there may be a few reasons, is completely unacceptable for anyone who actually believes in democracy and who actually believes in the rule of law,” Krasner mentioned.
Fetterman expressed help for deporting criminal migrants and securing the U.S. border, acknowledging that he and Krasner don’t agree on each challenge.
“But I’m not going to criticize or attack him,” the senator mentioned, including, “Regardless, that’s a hard rule for anyone — don’t compare anyone to Nazis.”
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who has been calling out antisemitism on each side of the political aisle, equally condemned Krasner’s remarks.
“That kind of rhetoric is unacceptable, it is abhorrent, and it is wrong — period, hard stop, end of sentence,” the governor instructed Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier.
Fox News Digital’s Nora Moriarty contributed to this report.