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Jon Stewart: “You called President Trump a jag off in 2016.”

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

Published | Video Starts at 45:17

If your concern is winning elections, I don't know if you coming out and calling people pro Hamas, which I think is a caricature of many of their positions, is that helpful to them. And second of all, you've been very, you know, You called President Trump a jag off in 2016. Like, yeah, absolutely, I put it on a shirt. I sold him. You put it on a shirt and now you've been very complimentary to him. (45:17–45:23)

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