Fetterman tells Philadelphia DA to 'lighten up, Francis' after heated ICE remarks
Pennsylvania senator fires back at Larry Krasner who called him Trump's 'favorite Democratic senator' and accused him of selling out his principles
By Max Bacall Fox News
Published February 1, 2026 3:10pm EST
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., told District Attorney of Philadelphia Larry Krasner to "lighten up" on Sunday after Krasner came after him during a CNN interview.
"He really ought to lighten up, Francis," Fetterman told Fox News host Jacqui Heinrich, in an apparent 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.
"This is a small bunch of wannabe Nazis, that's what they are, in a country of 350 million. We outnumber them," Krasner said 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 CNN and called Fetterman "the favorite Democratic senator of Donald Trump," claiming he "has completely sold out the principles on which he ran for office."
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