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John Fetterman: “I had a really ugly primary and they would try to define me…”

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

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Yeah, well, with depression, like the race was difficult, but ironically, really the most part of, the more difficult part of it came from my own party. I had a really ugly primary and they would try to define me as a racist. or in these kinds of terms, like absurd things. A racist? What I mean, as a four term mayor of a majority black town in Western Pa. 70%. Yeah. (13:24–13:30)

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