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Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) has been grilled on his extremist support of Israel by Jon Stewart, who highlighted the absurdity of Fetterman’s positions by reminding the senator that Israel is “not our country.”

In a clip of Stewart’s podcast that gained traction online on Wednesday, Fetterman expressed his anxieties about the growing influence of the left and progressives who want the U.S. to end its support of Israel.

When asked if Israel is a “red line” for his backing of the Democratic Party, Fetterman says “absolutely. Israel, for me — I can’t ever turn my back to Israel.”

Stewart fires back, saying: “I mean no disrespect on this, but that is not our country.” The former “The Daily Show” host points out that it’s strange for Fetterman to set aside every other left-wing belief like reducing the influence of money in politics, supporting labor rights, and backing LGBTQ rights just in order to stand with Israel.

“You’re saying that these candidates may have great ideas for our economy. They may want to do the exact same thing you want to do in terms of getting money out of politics,” he said. “They may want to change the balance of power from capital back to labor. But if they don’t agree with you on Israel, you don’t want them in your party.”

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