The warning from Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) that he could leave the Democratic Party over its fading support for Israel comes with a large asterisk.

It was a threat that prompted the centrist Democrat to spend much of Thursday clarifying to reporters in the halls of the Capitol.

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