Overview
- A widely shared video, which spread Thursday, shows a masked speaker outside Philadelphia City Hall saying they cheer when U.S. soldiers return in caskets and urging the United States be brought to its knees.
- Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman reposted the clip on X on Thursday and called the comments appalling while pressing Democratic leaders to denounce the rhetoric.
- The speaker praised Hamas, Hezbollah and Ansar Allah as resistance forces and said those groups rely on a strong Iranian state to keep fighting.
- When the videographer confronted him, the same speaker said, “May a Hamas rocket blow up your family’s home,” in an exchange captured on camera.
- The footage, filmed by local activist Frankie Scales and shared by the X account End Wokeness, drew heavy coverage from right-leaning outlets as broader Democratic responses beyond Fetterman remained unclear against the backdrop of heightened U.S.–Iran tensions.