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John Fetterman: “I know voting against the war powers thing, I know that's…”

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

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Sen. John Fetterman on Democratic Divides, DSA & Israel | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Published | Video Starts at 1:10:18

No, no, no, no, no. I appreciate it. And it's like this become the ultimate litmus, you know, as Democrats emerging right now. And now, I'm not dumb. I know voting against the war powers thing, I know that's incredibly toxic as a Democrat right now, but I do think it's fundamentally important to make sure that Iran is not able to build a nuclear bomb now. So that's. That. That's just put me where I'm at. We have different views, and that's defining the Democratic Party in some ways. I think we have the same views, but with different strategies. (1:10:18–1:10:32)

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Asserts the importance of preventing Iran from building a nuclear bomb despite political toxicity.

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