Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said Tuesday the “free Palestine” movement that has emerged in the U.S. after Iranian-backed Hamas’ terrorist attack against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the Israeli military’s response in the Gaza Strip has become a cult “that’s turned homicidal.”

Fetterman, who has bucked many members of the Democratic Party with his staunch support for Israel, was asked by reporters, including Newsmax congressional correspondent Kilmeny Duchardt, about the terrorist attack Sunday in Boulder, Colorado.

At a rally where Jews gathered to support the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, an illegal immigrant from Egypt was accused of tossing Molotov cocktails and using a makeshift flamethrower to injure 12 people. The suspect, Mohamed Soliman, allegedly yelled “free Palestine” as he tossed the incendiary devices.

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