John Fetterman: The Rogue Democrat Who Broke Party Ranks
3/18/202645 min
(0:00) David Friedberg welcomes Senator John Fetterman; SAVE Act thoughts
(1:08) The broken Democratic Party: TDS, what he stands for, why the party changed, losing bipartisanship, popularity with Republicans
(11:42) Iran exit strategy, NATO allies bail on the US
(17:42) Israel's influence, AIPAC, growing anti-Israel sentiment
(20:16) SAVE Act, why he supports voter ID but not this bill, election fraud
(26:41) Government shutdown, red lines with ICE and immigration, birthright citizenship, why Biden opened the border
(32:49) Debt death spiral, government fraud
(37:38) Why he's still a Democrat, national wealth tax, anti-AI sentiment, state of agriculture
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First 90 secondsDavid Friedberg· Host0:00
John Fetterman, thank you for joining us here on the All-In Podcast for this All-In interview. Very excited to have you here today. I know you're in the middle of voting today. Sounds like the Save America Act, um, might be starting its debate on the floor, is that correct?
John Fetterman· Guest0:14
I don't know. I think what, what I've heard recently that they don't have the votes, but we will find, but I, I don't have any special insight. I mean, it's, it's gonna be very close. I don't think it w- if they do hit it, I don't see it more beyond 51, but I, I'm not, I'm not really sure. It's a shame that they didn't make it more about just ID to vote. They, they turned it into other things, that they turned it into kind of a Christmas tree and they're hanging all these things on it, but, uh, that's, that's where we are, but we'll know. Uh, and, uh, having someone follow that too, I just... He's gonna let me know, in fact, 'cause I'm really interested to see how it goes because if they do, then that's gonna turn into a really, uh, uh, a spectacle about what a, a ta- a talking f- filibuster is.
David Friedberg· Host1:03
Yeah. Well, let's see what happens. I mean, it's a pretty- Yeah ... dramatic, uh, week ahead. Let me just start... I, I wanna zoom out a little bit and talk about how you make policy decisions, and I wanna just start with party. You ran as a progressive in 2016, lost. You beat Dr. Oz in '22, and now you have a 72% approval rating from Pennsylvania Republicans and only 22% from Democrats. Are you a Republican or are you a Democrat, uh, senator?