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John Fetterman: “It's wrong to shut our government down.”

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

Fetterman pulls back the curtain on the state of the Democratic Party

Published November 4, 2025 | Video Starts at 07:28

I thought it might be the only Democrat and there was enough people back in March and I said I'm going to be right there in September when this comes back and if I'm the only Democrat, I'll still be there because It's wrong to shut our government down. Does Schumer hate you for this? No, of course he doesn' tit doesn't hate me. We might disagree with it right now. (07:28–07:30)

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Asserts that shutting down the government is wrong.

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