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John Fetterman: “This stupid shutdown set things back and made us less safe.”

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

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Fetterman: I will NEVER vote for this

Published | Video Starts at 05:31

We have tens of millions of Americans and tens of millions of foreign citizens coming to our country right now with the World cup right now. And now you know, whether my friend Mark Wayne or anyone could confirm that This stupid shutdown set things back and made us less safe. That's right. We never walked. We never walked away with any kinds of reforms and ice that, you know, we all maybe would have wanted those things, but that's why they shut it down and make us less safe. (05:31–05:37)

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Asserts that the government shutdown negatively impacted safety.

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