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John Fetterman: “I was the first person to solemnize a gay marriage when it…”

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

Published August 5, 2026 | Video Starts at 42:41

Let me, Let me go at this a different way. You're pro gay rights. Yes. Yeah. I mean, I'm coming up on the 13th. I'm on the Pro 13th anniversary. I was the first person to solemnize a gay marriage when it was illegal in Pennsylvania. Now. Yeah. Beautiful. And you're someone who is pro trans rights or. I. Absolutely. I. I was. I was the only Democrat that saying, you know, when, when. (42:41–42:46)

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“There was an overwhelming bipartisan procedural vote last night for a continuing resolution. And I think it was 89-4.”
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“No shutdown. No shutdown.”
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“We've been through the two longest shutdowns of all American history.”
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“If you look at my voting record, I'm in 90 some percent voting the Democrat line.”
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“I represent Pennsylvania, really the most purple state really in the country.”
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“The only actual tool and the only actual real leverage that Democrats have, That's the filibuster.”
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“We were so wrong about scrapping the filibuster back in the 2022 cycle.”
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“If we were successful [in eliminating the filibuster], we may have passed some things back in 22.”
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“In January of 2024 or 2025 know they would have been able to run the table.”
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“Mayorkas, he did, he did a terrible job. He was, it was never should be impeached.”
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“Deport all of the criminals. 100%. Deport all of them.”
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“We need to secure our border.”
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“Do not target otherwise hardworking, you know, migrants that are a very important part of our economy.”
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“All of those warehouses in Pennsylvania were canceled.”
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“There wasn't one single ICE reforms or anything.”
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“Every single Democrat in my caucus knew that [shutting the government down] would have no direct or even indirect leverage over ICE.”
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“Now you have my party, you know, they're returning back to the worst impulses. Abolish ICE, abolish the border.”
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“The person that's going to win [in Michigan] is calling to abolish ICE.”
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“The governor race in Wisconsin, she, in fact, she even said abolish prisons as well.”
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“We got wrecked in 24 because a lot of the extreme things that we were saying in 2020 now came back to haunt us.”
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“I expect Al Sayed will win by double digits.”
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“We have people winning elections saying absurd kinds of positions that were absolutely toxic back in 2020.”
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“I drove thousands and thousands of miles all across Pennsylvania to try to elect Vice President Harris.”
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“Socialism and in more. It's communism. It's, you know, that, that's not an economic model that has never worked in, in the history.”
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“I'm much more concerned about our country losing, losing to China in the AI race.”
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“If we ban [data centers] or we have a long term moratorium, China would be elated.”
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“AI is transforming the world 100%, whether you have to like it or not.”
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“The Chinese will seize the lead [in AI] and then they would weaponize that in ways that...could inflict untold trillions [in damage].”
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“The defining issue within Democratic Party is Israel and the Gaza war.”
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“My proud standing with Israel through everything after 107 has put me in odds more than anything individual than anything else overall.”
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“I was the only Democrat that [opposed] when they actively were trying to ban trans Americans from our military.”
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“Our party is starting to elect people that are going to struggle to win in the kinds of places that are going to define who's going to win…”
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“Israel for me. Like I, I can't ever turn my back to Israel after, after where it's at.”
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“If you are a DSA member, if you are a member of a specific political party, run under your own banner.”
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“I'm always going to vote and support whatever that's necessary to protect [Israel] and to prosecute Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran too.”
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“If anyone in the Democratic Party is fine with Iran building a nuclear bomb, I disagree with that person.”
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“I supported last summer, last summer bombing the, the Iranian nuclear facilities.”
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