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John Fetterman: “We just needed 8 Dems to reopen the government. We didn't…”

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

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Ceasefire: Sens. John Fetterman (D-PA) and Katie Britt (R-AL) on Health Care

Published | Video Starts at 06:18

Because doing more of the same even in a transition period, we're not going to do that. We just needed 8 Dems to reopen the government. We didn't have to buy in overall 47. And that's the point. It's like where it's the minimum kind of a trigger point. And now. And he's always good at calling this stuff, right? (06:18–06:25)

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Asserts that only 8 Democrats were needed to reopen the government, not the full 47.

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