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Fetterman Uses Fox Platform to Press Democrats on Shutdown, Reject Dehumanizing Rhetoric

He casts reopening the government as a duty to protect SNAP recipients as well as union workers.

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.