Fetterman tells far-left prosecutor to 'lighten up' after threatening to arrest ICE agents over raids
In the wake of a deadly shooting in Chicago, Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., criticized his own party’s reluctance to talk about violent acts carried out by illegal aliens with criminal...
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In the wake of a deadly shooting in Chicago, Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., criticized his own party’s reluctance to talk about violent acts carried out by illegal aliens with criminal histories and condemned calls from Pennsylvania figures to instead target Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Authorities are charging Jose Medina-Medina, a 25-year-old Venezuelan national, with the killing of a Loyola University student last week. Medina-Medina had already been arrested on unrelated charges months before but had been released. "How many Democrats are talking about that case? I think probably none," Fetterman said. Fetterman said he was disappointed by calls from Philadelphia prosecutor Larry Krasner on Wednesday, who, less than a week after Medina-Medina's shooting, had threatened to arrest ICE agents. PRITZKER BREAKS SILENCE ON MIGRANT CHARGED IN STUDENT’S MURDER, BLAMES TRUMP FOR ‘POLITICIZING’ CASE "Lighten up, Francis," Fetterman said, quoting overstated threats made by the comically aggressive character "Psycho" in the 1981 movie, Stripes. "[Krasner] is constantly — he says a lot of tough things but, you know, like, you gotta lighten up, Francis.’" Fetterman’s comments come amid a string of illegal aliens who carried out deadly attacks after being released from captivity for unrelated crimes. To the Pennsylvanian political maverick, the trend should be an easy one to condemn. "If you’re here in the country illegally already, and you’re breaking the law, like — ya gotta go," Fetterman said. In recent weeks, the deaths of Sheridan Gorman in Chicago at the hands of Medina-Medina and Stephanie Minter in Virginia, stabbed to death by Sierra Leone native Abdul Jalloh, have intensified calls from Republicans for greater scrutiny of illegal aliens with violent track records. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) blasted the leniency afforded to both suspects ahead of their deadly attacks. EX-ILLINOIS GOVERNOR ROD BLAGOJEVICH SAYS SHERIDAN GORMAN’S KILLIN…