John Fetterman Quotes

John Fetterman

Profession : Politician

Birth : August 15, 1969

I mean, there's certainly unreachable people in either party that will never vote Democrat or Republican. That's a fact.

John Fetterman

The people of Pennsylvania don't owe me a mansion with a chef and a gardener.

John Fetterman

My life has been, you know, immeasurably enriched by my wife and her family and her immigration story.

John Fetterman

I'm a GQ fashionista, imagine that? I don't take it seriously.

John Fetterman

I never said I could save Braddock. It's not about me. It was never even just about Braddock. It was a metaphor. Places like this matter.

John Fetterman

I'm not a social butterfly.

John Fetterman

Universal background checks and closing existing loopholes can prevent prohibited purchasers, such as convicted felons, the dangerously mentally ill and domestic abusers from accessing guns.

John Fetterman

I have plenty of relationships with progressive groups. And I've run as a progressive before it was cool to do so.

John Fetterman

We need to get people excited about living in Braddock again. For D.I.Y.-ers, this town is a dream.

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I'm certainly not above the law.

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Whether it's leaders from my own town of Braddock or leaders across the state in Bucks County or Adams County, I'm committed to always working with and listening to local elected leaders.

John Fetterman

I'm not pro-fracking. But sometimes there's got to be some pragmatism.

John Fetterman

As a Democrat, I would just hate to be in a position of only being able to accomplish what Mitch McConnell allows us to.

John Fetterman

From partisan gerrymandering and unlimited corporate money flooding our elections to voter suppression legislation, the Republican Party, aligned with Trump, has waged a war on our democracy.

John Fetterman

How can we let students go to school everyday in an environment where they're afraid to be verbally or physically bullied? We are better than this, which is why we need to keep moving forward.

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I'm proud that, in my first year as Lieutenant Governor, we recommended commutation for 19 people serving life without parole sentences and sent them to the Governor's desk to sign - the most since the early 90s.

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The Black Lives Matter movement has brought to the national conversation many of the inequalities I've worked to confront here in Braddock. I'm so grateful it has because we need to realize that as far as the way America treats African-Americans, black lives don't matter in this country.

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The security of Israel always has to be paramount.

John Fetterman

Community partnerships need to be formed between law enforcement organizations, residents, schools, child-support services, prosecutors, religious leaders, businesses and other members of our society.

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I moved to Braddock in 2001 and started a program to help local youth earn their GED and find jobs.

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