Top 45 John Fetterman Quotes

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I'm not a social butterfly.

I’m not a social butterfly.
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Back in 1995, I quit my job and joined AmeriCorps at the Hill House in Pittsburgh’s legendary Hill District.
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The truth doesn’t need a label. It’s the truth.
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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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I’m proud that my family and I live across the street from a steel mill and a union hall. This is where my wife and I want to raise our family, not in a mansion.
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In 2015, I signed the no-fossil-fuel-money pledge and I have never taken a dime from that industry, or ever will.
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I do not look like the normal politician. I don’t even look like a normal person.
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Once one of the most important steel manufacturing centers in the world, Braddock – what’s left of it – solemnly affirms one of the great economic maxims of our society: socialism for the rich, and capitalism for the poor.
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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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Republicans are consistently right-to-work and they want to eliminate unions or destroy the union way of life.
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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.
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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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You can’t live in a town like Braddock and not know exactly what gunfire sounds like.
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Republicans need to get honest about confronting climate, but Democrats need to get honest about energy.
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One of the things I believe in most strongly is the power of a second chance.
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There isn’t a more strident supporter of Bernie than I am.
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Pennsylvania, like every other state in our society, has to begin to adopt and refine the idea of mercy and redemption for our criminal populations.
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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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You’re guaranteed to have outcomes you like and outcomes you don’t like in a democracy.
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We all can’t learn how to code when, you know, we’re 50 years old.
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In my years in public service, I have advocated for reforms to our unforgiving and vindictive legal system.
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I will never tweet out anything that Twitter has to slap a warning on like a pack of cigarettes.
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If you think that people can change… and, if they’ve grown and they’ve expressed contrition or regret, that they should be given a chance, then you should vote for me.
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As a Democrat, I would just hate to be in a position of only being able to accomplish what Mitch McConnell allows us to.
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The fact that somebody that looks as unfortunate as I do sometimes would be an American taste god by the Bible of American taste, you know, I didn’t see that coming!
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Being completely neutral, Joe Biden would be all but impossible for Trump to beat.
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You can’t litigate math.
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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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I know I am not Braddock’s savior, never felt that way, and never will. There’s no ‘Rudy’ style ending waiting for me where I get carried off the field and everything turns out O.K. for me or for Braddock.
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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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Jake Corman, he and I disagree on issues politically, but Jake Corman is not a bad guy.
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I'm in the camp that says that if you're to the right o

I’m in the camp that says that if you’re to the right of South Dakota on anything, you should use that as a moment to recalibrate your core values.
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Like how on earth can you make 180 grand as a senator with luxe health care and sit there and be like Nero, thumbs up or down, on paying someone a living wage? I don’t understand that.
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I mean, there’s certainly unreachable people in either party that will never vote Democrat or Republican. That’s a fact.
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We can’t say, ‘Science, science, science,’ and then say, ‘Except in unrealistic climate talking points.’
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My life has been, you know, immeasurably enriched by my wife and her family and her immigration story.
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When I first ran for mayor in 2005, I made a pledge to confront the epidemic of gun violence in Braddock.
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The people of Pennsylvania don’t owe me a mansion with a chef and a gardener.
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On my left arm, I have the zip code 15104. That’s Braddock, Pennsylvania, my home and the community I was honored to serve as mayor for 15 years.
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The security of Israel always has to be paramount.
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I’m certainly not above the law.
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For a lot of people, most of their exposure to politics and politicians involves events on the campaign trail, interviews on cable news, or seeing a viral tweet here or there. But day to day, there’s so much more than anyone sees.
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Climate change is real, and we need to work on a comprehensive approach. We eliminated sulfur dioxide in the air, and got rid of acid rain. We got rid of lead in gasoline. You can achieve these things when the private and public sectors work together.
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I’m so happy about Biden. I love a boring president. It’s such a relief. You just have so much more confidence in our government.
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If you’ve seen the ‘Shawshank Redemption’ and if you think Morgan Freeman’s character should have died in prison, vote for the other person. And if you think, and you believe in redemption, and a second chance, you know, I’m your candidate.
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