{"id":2503163,"date":"2025-10-26T09:26:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T13:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-compares-fellow-dems-to-con-artists-sides-with-gop-against-schumer-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T09:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T13:27:08","slug":"fetterman-compares-fellow-dems-to-con-artists-sides-with-gop-against-schumer-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-compares-fellow-dems-to-con-artists-sides-with-gop-against-schumer-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman Compares Fellow Dems to Con Artists, Sides with GOP Against Schumer Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffetterman-compares-fellow-dems-to-con-artists-sides-with-gop-against-schumer-shutdown%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2503163&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democratic Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman criticized his own party&#8217;s strategy during the ongoing 25-day U.S. government shutdown, stating the country is &#8220;losing&#8221; as Democrats insist on tying reopening the government to negotiations over expiring Obamacare premium subsidies.Fetterman, breaking with most Senate Democrats, has voted multiple times for GOP-backed measures to fund the government and pay military personnel. He urged colleagues to first open the government without preconditions, then have a &#8220;sincere conversation&#8221; about policy issues including SNAP benefits and tax credits, which he believes could gain bipartisan support. On the filibuster, Fetterman supports partially ending or carving it out to prevent future government shutdowns, criticizing Democrats for reversing their earlier campaign position of abolishing the filibuster when in the minority. Emphasizing the urgency, he said politics aside, the government should be reopened instantly to stop harmful impacts on programs like SNAP, which supports millions including 2 million Pennsylvanians.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman said during a Saturday interview on Fox News the U.S. &ldquo;is losing&rdquo; while his own party continues to follow a risky strategy prolonging the presently 25-day government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman told &ldquo;Saturday in America&rdquo; host Kayleigh McEnany he wishes his Democratic colleagues would vote to open up the government before having a &ldquo;conversation&rdquo; to address expiring Obamacare premium <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/10\/21\/new-data-obamacare-subsidies-government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subsidies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federal healthcare program&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s subsidies are reportedly the main issue currently holding Democrats back from <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/10\/21\/democrats-gop-demand-negotiate-chuck-schumer-government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">agreeing<\/a> to a deal with the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/09\/30\/government-shutdown-democrats-chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">days<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/09\/29\/john-fetterman-response-democrats-government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">leading<\/a> up to and throughout the government shutdown, the Pennsylvania Democrat has broken with the vast majority of Democrats in the Senate by repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/10\/14\/democrats-vote-government-shutdown-two-weeks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voting<\/a> for a GOP-backed continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government, as well as supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/10\/16\/senate-democrats-legislation-pay-troops-government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">multiple<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/10\/23\/democrats-bill-troops-essential-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bills<\/a>&nbsp;to pay military service members.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For me, I don&rsquo;t check, &lsquo;Are we winning?&rsquo;, &lsquo;Are we losing?&rsquo;, and the thing because I guarantee America is losing in this place right now,&rdquo; Fetterman told McEnany.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> console.log(\"A\/B Test Video Player\"); \/\/ Helper function to set a cookie function setVideoCookie(name, value, days) {     var expires=\"\";     if (days) {         var date=new Date();         date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days*24*60*60*1000));         expires=\"; expires=\" + date.toUTCString();     }     document.cookie=name + \"=\" + (value || \"\")  + expires + \"; path=\/\"; }  \/\/ Helper function to get a cookie function getVideoCookie(name) {     var nameEQ=name + \"=\";     var ca=document.cookie.split(';');     for(var i=0; i <ca.length; i++) {         var c=ca[i];         while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c=c.substring(1,c.length);         if (c.indexOf(nameEQ)==0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);     }     return null; }  \/\/ Function to determine or retrieve the split test group function assignSplitTestGroup() {     var group=getVideoCookie('splitTestGroup');     if (group===null) {         var rand=Math.random();         if (rand <1\/3) {             group='A'; 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And I do fundamentally believe [Senate Majority] Leader [John] Thune is an honorable guy and I do believe we could have a sincere conversation after we can open it [the government] up,&rdquo; the senator added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And then, we don&rsquo;t have to do this three-card monte, about, you know, do this, do that, do the other thing,&rdquo; he continued, referring to an illegal con game using playing cards.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s just open it up, and then we have our SNAP [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program], we have everyone&rsquo;s[[<em>sic<\/em>]paid. And then we can have that conversation and see if we can extend those tax credit deals because I believe there are enough Republicans that would like to see that too.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>SNAP is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-food-stamp-costs-reach-record-high-despite-lowest-unemployment-rate-in-46-years\/\" title=\"California Food Stamp Costs Reach Record High Despite Lowest Unemployment Rate in 46 Years\">federal food stamp program<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ers.usda.gov\/data-products\/chart-gallery\/chart-detail?chartId=55416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">used<\/a> by about 42 million Americans, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/dhs\/newsroom\/due-to-federal-shutdown--november-snap-payments-will-not-be-made\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2 million<\/a> in Fetterman&rsquo;s Pennsylvania, which will <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/10\/21\/democrat-state-websites-shutdown-lies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">run out<\/a> of money in November 2025 if the government remains shut down.<\/p>\n<p>McEnany then asked Fetterman if he thinks &ldquo;it&rsquo;s time for Republicans to nuke the filibuster and end this thing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s entirely appropriate,&rdquo; the senator answered.<\/p>\n<p>The filibuster is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/about\/powers-procedures\/filibusters-cloture\/overview.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">long-used<\/a> procedural tool in the Senate requiring a 60-vote threshold to pass most floor votes in the upper legislative chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/10\/21\/john-fetterman-democrats-filibuster-government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">campaigning<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/05\/10\/gallego-boasts-filibuster-block-trump-agenda-campaigning-abolish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">end<\/a> the filibuster when Republicans were the minority in the Senate, have used the tool to block GOP-supported measures to end the shutdown a dozen times.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would remind all of us &mdash; the Democrats &mdash; we wanted to nuke the entire filibuster. I&rsquo;m referring to right now carving out,&rdquo; Fetterman added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not talking about eliminating the entire filibuster.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Carving out the filibuster, that would make it almost impossible to shut our government down in the future, regardless if it&rsquo;s the Democrats or the Republicans doing these things. We should remove ourselves, our power to shut this down in this way,&rdquo; the senator told McEnany.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman also blasted most Democrats&rsquo; drastic shift on using the filibuster, telling reporters Tuesday, &ldquo;We ran on that. We ran on killing the filibuster, and now we love it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just open up the whole thing and just cut the shit. 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