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John Fetterman: “42 million Americans, the food insecure, I mean, that's at…”

Featuring: John Fetterman, Democratic | U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

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Published | Video Starts at 06:47

And so, so, you know, with this shutdown, it would be wrong if the Republicans did do that. It's wrong now. We need to reopen this. And now for me As a Democrat, 42 million Americans, the food insecure, I mean, that's at the very kind of core of the kinds of people that we really need to protect now. And now every union that's attached to this shutdown, you know, they're all calling this has to end. You know, if we're fighting for working families, why don't we agree with them and just do this? (06:47–06:55)

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