Overview
- In a Monday appearance on Fox’s Jesse Watters Primetime, Sen. John Fetterman said he refuses to label opponents as fascists or Nazis and argued those who do have “lost the plot.”
- On CNN Sunday, he urged Democrats to “own” the shutdown, called the tactic wrong, and warned that 42 million people risk losing SNAP benefits.
- He was one of three Democrats to back a Republican move to reopen the government and said he would support a GOP plan to override the filibuster to end the standoff.
- He highlighted bipartisan work with Sen. Katie Britt, including co-sponsoring the Laken Riley Act and proposing mental‑health warning labels for social media in the Stop the Scroll Act.
- He praised U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites as a geopolitical success for President Donald Trump and encouraged Democrats to recognize the outcome.