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John Fetterman: “We have people winning elections saying absurd kinds of…”

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

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Sen. John Fetterman on Democratic Divides, DSA & Israel | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Published | Video Starts at 22:58

It's not. Well, I'm not blaming. I'm describing here where we at and what's happening now, too. And I'm like, when We have people winning elections saying absurd kinds of positions that were absolutely toxic back in 2020. and in saying, stop saying these kind of extreme things are not workable in the real world overall. And don't we want to win? Do we want to be the people, you know, leading. (22:58–23:07)

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Asserts that candidates with previously toxic positions are winning elections.

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