John Fetterman Quotes

John Fetterman

Profession : Politician

Birth : August 15, 1969

Back in 1995, I quit my job and joined AmeriCorps at the Hill House in Pittsburgh's legendary Hill District.

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To pretend that former President Donald Trump's Republican Party will act in good faith to preserve democracy is naive.

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I've never believed in my own political manifest destiny.

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We can't say, 'Science, science, science,' and then say, 'Except in unrealistic climate talking points.'

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Republicans are consistently right-to-work and they want to eliminate unions or destroy the union way of life.

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Being completely neutral, Joe Biden would be all but impossible for Trump to beat.

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Republicans need to get honest about confronting climate, but Democrats need to get honest about energy.

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Braddock looks every bit the deserted battlefield it truly is: 90 percent of our town's people, buildings, businesses, and homes are gone and what remains, bears witness to the torment.

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I really don't care what Patrick J. Toomey says or does because Patrick J. Toomey couldn't get reelected in Pennsylvania, and that's why he's out.

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We must never stop pushing for equal protection under the law in Pennsylvania and across the country.

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You're guaranteed to have outcomes you like and outcomes you don't like in a democracy.

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What we need to do is fundamentally shift the justice system by bringing redemption to the forefront and making sure that second chances are possible in this country.

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When you have the president arguing that there was mass voter fraud in the absence of any evidence whatsoever - I mean, literally zero - what's to stop anyone from saying so-and-so's a so-and-so?

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It's not a radical statement: all of us should agree that we want to make sure that weapons stay out of the hands of people that could use them to hurt others, especially after the tragedies we've seen in Charleston, Newtown, Wilkinsburg and too many other communities.

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I decided that I wanted to spend my career fighting inequality rather than making myself more comfortable.

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Basic fairness and equity demand that the color of your collar should not dictate if you receive a bail-out or get bailed on.

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For Americans living in places like Braddock, I believe the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is perhaps the last, best chance to help overcome the injustice and harm that the decades steeped in a laissez-faire orthodoxy have wrought.

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Yeah, I'm quiet and introspective.

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My tenure as mayor of Braddock started with a community that was embroiled in mass distrust between residents and the police force.

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I would implore any 'Bernie or Bust' supporter that we can't let this country go the way of Donald Trump.

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