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John Fetterman: “Under this shutdown, no one was getting anything. There was…”

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Sen. John Fetterman Explains Decision To Join Republicans To Reopen The Government | The View

Published | Video Starts at 02:35

And now. Right. For me, I think it was the wrong thing to do those things because Under this shutdown, no one was getting anything. There was no snap. There was no, you know, health care extensions on those things. too. So for me, it's like reasonable Democrats can disagree on certain kinds of core things, but I hope we could all agree that chaos is the wrong response for the kinds of chaos that our nation has been in after the president's reelection. (02:35–02:46)

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Asserts that the government shutdown halted SNAP benefits and healthcare extensions.

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