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John Fetterman: “We used to be the party that would refuse to shut down our…”

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

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Senator John Fetterman | Club Random with Bill Maher

Published | Video Starts at 1:00:55

You know, I've had the vote against my caucus alone through two, two government shutdowns. The, you know, historic, long, record breaking. You know, we used to be, We used to be the party that would refuse to shut down our government. you know. You know, we used to, last year we used to scold to Tuberville in Alabama for jamming up promotions. And now we've shut the whole, the whole government down. (1:00:55–1:00:59)

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Asserts that the Democratic Party historically opposed government shutdowns.

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