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John Fetterman: “Democratic led cities like Chicago or Denver or New York…”

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Published February 13, 2026 | Video Starts at 02:36

And I put that in the size of Pennsylvania terms, and that's Pittsburgh. That's Pittsburgh every month and things are clearly out of control. And our Democratic led cities like Chicago or Denver or New York City [are] overwhelmed and they have to buy hotels. and they even had migrants living at Logan in Boston. And now the Democrats were saying, oh no and it's all good, everything's okay. (02:36–02:46)

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Asserts that Democratic-led cities are overwhelmed by immigration and are purchasing hotels to accommodate migrants.

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