John Fetterman: “17 or 18 veterans take their lives every day.”

“I was just lucky. So that's why that's message to anyone. And I know many, many, many people suffer depression. And now look at our veteran community. You know, 17 or 18 veterans take their lives every day. It's epidemic in our nation. Over 50,000 people take their lives. So that's an important conversation that's appropriate to have. And I know it's definitely not a political winner to talk about suicide, but ironically, it got the worst.” (13:45–13:49)

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