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

Published | Video Starts at 1:11:08

I'm not down with a world that has lost the ability to solve its problems through collective action and diplomacy. That's the biggest problem. And Our government is complicit in [the loss of the ability to solve problems through collective action and diplomacy]. that as well. Now, that dysfunction, how do we get back to that, Senator? How do we get back to a functional, like even the immigration system? (1:11:08–1:11:11)

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