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While several prominent Democrats have avoided giving President Donald Trump credit for a Middle East peace deal, New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer believes in giving “credit where credit is due.”
“Obviously, thanks to President Trump and his team, this happened. He had a hostage here from New Jersey, Edan Alexander, who the president helped free with his team, so we should give him credit where credit is due,” the Democrat said Tuesday when pressed about his colleagues' silence on “Fox & Friends.”
“This is not a partisan issue,” he continued. “We should all be very proud as Americans of our leadership and what was done because of us.”
ARDIANT PRO-ISRAEL DEM SENATOR. JOHN FETTERMAN CONGRATULATES TRUMP ON 'HISTORIC PEACE PLAN'
President Donald Trump delivers a speech on the Gaza war during the Gaza summit chaired by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on October 13, 2025, left; and Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., listens during a press conference on legislation supporting Holocaust education nationwide at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., right, Jan. 27, 2023. (Michael Kappeler/Picture Alliance via Getty Images (left); Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (right))
Gottheimer declined to speak on behalf of fellow Democrats, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., whose social media posts omitted Trump's name.
Other Democrats, including former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined Gottheimer in giving the president credit.
Gottheimer also referred to the 100 hostages freed under former President Biden, saying, “we should give them credit [the Biden administration] also.”
KAMALA HARRIS PRAISES 'THE PRESIDENT' IN STATEMENT ON THE MIDDLE EAST, BUT OMITS TRUMP'S NAME
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks alongside Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., during a press conference at the White House on Sept. 29, 2025. Jeffries was among Democrats who omitted Trump's name from his comments on the Gaza peace deal, while Schumer gave credit to the president. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
“This is one of those things that everyone involved, but especially the parents, should be very proud of,” he said.
“Now the key is to keep Hamas on a war footing, because we still have to get out. We freed 20 [living] hostages yesterday, but you know that there are 24 more hostages who we believe are no longer alive, whose remains are in Gaza. “We have to hold them accountable until we get each and every one of them out so these families can have closure and grieve properly.”
Ensuring that Hamas relinquishes governing power and disarms also remains a priority, he added.
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“There's still a lot of work to be done. We all have to work together, stop pointing fingers and just do this. And to me, that's the most important thing.” [We saw] great American leadership yesterday. “We should all be very proud.”
