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John Fetterman: “That was an absolute death sentence to the UN workers in the…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 16:12

And I'm like, that's wild. That's crazy. They never brought us, they never told me that's coming. And at that moment, That was an absolute death sentence to the UN workers in the region. I mean that steel way of life has been in the region since 1875. And I actually just went up on my roof and I made the promise, I'm going to work with the White House to jam this up. (16:12–16:17)

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Asserts that the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon was initially seen as a threat to union workers' jobs.

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