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John Fetterman: “Voting to keep our government open... make sure that 42…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 04:35

… make me look, you know, the reasonable guy that's going to work with both sides together and find a way for Pennsylvania. And now it's an absolute lie. You know, Voting to keep our government open... make sure that 42 million Americans get their SNAP. And now we're going to pay all these people like the military and the Capitol Police and all of those folks now too. So now if they want to primary me. (04:35–04:43)

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Asserts that voting to keep the government open ensures 42 million Americans receive SNAP benefits.

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