Sen. Fetterman Responds to Philadelphia DA’s Anti-ICE Comments, Urges Him to “Lighten Up”

In a rare break from Democrat orthodoxy, Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania took aim at Philadelphia’s far-left District Attorney Larry Krasner, telling him to “lighten up” after Krasner compared federal immigration enforcement officers to Nazis.

"He really ought to lighten up, Francis," Fetterman said in an interview with Fox News, referencing the 1981 comedy Stripes. The jab came after Krasner, in a disturbing public statement, described ICE agents as a “small bunch of wannabe Nazis” and threatened that “we will find you... the way they hunted down Nazis for decades.”

Let that sink in a sitting district attorney equating American law enforcement officers with genocidal murderers.

Fetterman, who has recently taken a more centrist stance on immigration and border security, responded with restraint but clarity. “Regardless, that's a hard rule for anyone don’t compare anyone to Nazis,” he said, underscoring just how far off the rails Krasner’s rhetoric has gone.

Fetterman’s remarks come as he has shown support for deporting criminal illegal aliens and securing the U.S. border positions that have increasingly made him a target for his own party’s radicals. Krasner, clearly angered by Fetterman’s pragmatism, lashed out on CNN by calling him “the favorite Democratic senator of Donald Trump.”

That kind of playground smear is typical from figures like Krasner, whose record in Philadelphia has led to skyrocketing crime, demoralized law enforcement, and open hostility to anyone who dares enforce immigration laws. The same Krasner who helped turn Philadelphia into a sanctuary city warzone now claims moral authority on the “rule of law”?

Gov. Josh Shapiro, a fellow Democrat, didn’t defend him either. Instead, he denounced Krasner’s Nazi remarks as “abhorrent” and “unacceptable.” That should tell you something.

A few hard truths:

• ICE agents enforce federal immigration law, including the removal of violent criminal aliens. They are not political activists, and they certainly aren't Nazis.

• Comparing law enforcement to Nazis diminishes the Holocaust, cheapens history, and weaponizes language for political gain.

• Philadelphia saw record levels of violent crime under Krasner’s soft-on-crime policies, which makes his moral posturing all the more hypocritical.

The radical wing of the Democratic Party is eating itself alive, and Fetterman’s willingness to call out this lunacy however mildly is a sign of just how far things have spiraled.

Krasner’s remarks were not just offensive they were dangerous. And it’s telling that the strongest response to them came not from Republicans, but from Democrats brave enough to say what many others won’t: this rhetoric has no place in a civilized society.

Share this article or subscribe to our newsletter to stay informed.