The Democrats have become kamikaze politicians who are so focused on winning some kind of political game that they've justified blowing up everything in their wake, including the livelihoods of their own constituents. Democrat Senator John Fetterman said it best on CNN yesterday. Quote, we are hurting the very people that we fight for and now we're getting nothing for them if we continue to keep our government shut down. Quote, this is wrong, he went on to say. And he's exactly right. It's past time for Democrats to end the political games, pass our clean CR and reopen the government for the people they were elected to serve. (20:22–20:36)
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Asserts that Senator John Fetterman stated Democrats are harming their constituents by keeping the government shut down.
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