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John Fetterman: “Collectively, $300 million were spent to destroy our…”

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

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Senators John Fetterman and Dave McCormick: Bipartisanship, Money in DC, Datacenters, Graham Platner

Published | Video Starts at 42:34

And now open to other people. And now these primaries, they identify the extreme kinds of views and put out someone, you know. And that's part of it now too. Collectively, $300 million were spent to destroy our reputations. Think what $300 million could do for Pennsylvania or for people that was spent to destroy reputations. You know, you're terrible. I am terrible. That's the absurdity of the American politics. (42:34–42:40)

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Asserts that $300 million was spent on negative campaigning against political figures.

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