{"id":2509419,"date":"2025-11-11T20:24:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T01:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-john-fetterman-turns-the-tables-on-sunny-hostin-when-she-tries-to-shame-him-on-the-view\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T20:25:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T01:25:06","slug":"watch-john-fetterman-turns-the-tables-on-sunny-hostin-when-she-tries-to-shame-him-on-the-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-john-fetterman-turns-the-tables-on-sunny-hostin-when-she-tries-to-shame-him-on-the-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: John Fetterman Turns the Tables on Sunny Hostin When She Tries to Shame Him on &#8216;The View&#8217;"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fwatch-john-fetterman-turns-the-tables-on-sunny-hostin-when-she-tries-to-shame-him-on-the-view%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=2509419&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>Senator John fetterman of Pennsylvania defended his decision to vote to reopen the federal government after a 41-day shutdown, despite criticism from figures like Sunny Hostin on &#8220;The View&#8221; and prominent Democrats such as Sen. Bernie sanders and California Governor gavin Newsom. Fetterman, one of only a few <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/efforts-to-ban-china-from-purchasing-tennessee-land-draw-politicians-across-the-aisle\/\" title=\"Bid to Prohibit China from Buying Tennessee Land Unites Politicians\">democrats crossing party lines<\/a>, argued that prioritizing the country over partisan politics was necessary given the hardships caused by the shutdown, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >including unpaid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">federal workers<\/a><\/a> and food insecurity affecting millions. He dismissed criticism from more progressive voices as too extreme and emphasized that the shutdown hurt ordinary Americans more than political gains. Fetterman acknowledged support for extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies but insisted that reopening the government could not be delayed over such demands, criticizing the far-left approach as counterproductive to broader Democratic goals and electoral success.  <\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania put &ldquo;The View&rsquo;s&rdquo; Sunny Hostin in her place when she tried to castigate him Tuesday for voting to reopen the government.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman and six of his fellow Democrats and one independent senator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/senate-clears-bill-end-41-day-government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted Monday<\/a> with the Republican majority to end the filibuster, which had kept the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snow-shuts-down-federal-government-white-house-cancels-press-briefing\/\" title=\"Snow Shuts Down ...; White House Cancels Press Briefing\">federal government closed<\/a> for a record 41 days.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats from the minority position in the Senate had been trying to force Republicans to agree to $1.5 trillion in new health care spending, including keeping enhanced Obamacare subsidies in place that are due to expire at the end of this year.<\/p>\n<p>The GOP consented to vote on the issue of the subsidies in December if Democrats agreed to open the government now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/view-co-host-sunny-hostin-says-chuck-schumers-days-shutdown-cave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hostin<\/a> began her harangue of Fetterman by pointing out that Democrats like Sen. Bernie Sanders described the move a &ldquo;horrific mistake,&rdquo; while California Gov. Gavin Newsom called it &ldquo;pathetic&rdquo; and a &ldquo;surrender.&rdquo;<\/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(); 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Even Marjorie Taylor Greene blamed the GOP!&rdquo; Hostin said. &ldquo;As you mentioned, Democrats had big wins last week. So you had momentum. Why give in now? Why bring a butter knife to a gunfight?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Are you willing to gamble that the GOP will negotiate on health care in good faith once the government reopens?&rdquo; Hostin asked. &ldquo;Because if that gamble is wrong, half a million Pennsylvanians, that you represent, their health care costs will skyrocket if you are wrong. And I believe you are wrong.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; NEW &#128680; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnFetterman?\">@JohnFetterman<\/a> doesn&rsquo;t take Sunny Hostin&rsquo;s lecture as she tried to shame him for voting MULTIPLE TIMES to reopen government <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller?\">@DailyCaller<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0nzCWCUYK2\">pic.twitter.com\/0nzCWCUYK2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nicole Silverio (@NicoleMSilverio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NicoleMSilverio\/status\/1988282768682594383?\">November 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fetterman responded, &ldquo;MTG is quite literally the last person in America that I&rsquo;m going to take advice to get their kind of leadership and my values from.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If Democrats are celebrating Crazy Pants like that, then that&rsquo;s on them,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;And I don&rsquo;t need a lecture from, whether it&rsquo;s Bernie or the governor in California, because they are representing very deep-blue kinds of populations. And a lot of those things were part of the extreme.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The senator argued that extremism was the reason the Democrats lost the White House and control of the Senate last fall.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania was one of the seven swing states that President Donald Trump carried in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I promise you, this isn&rsquo;t a political game. It is viewed like that by many of us, but the reality is 42 million Americans now not sure where their next meal is going to come from,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman also pointed out that federal workers have not been paid in five weeks and have <a href=\"https:\/\/federalnewsnetwork.com\/government-shutdown\/2025\/11\/federal-employee-loan-applications-surge-as-shutdown-continues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">borrowed half a billion dollars<\/a> just to pay their bills.<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania lawmaker was one of just three Democrats who crossed party lines early on to keep the government open.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I follow country and then party, and it&rsquo;s the wrong thing for the country. In a period of chaos, I refuse to vote to shut our government down,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fetterman-know-love-people-voted-trump-not-fascists-trying-destroy-constitution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, drawing applause from a NewsNation town hall audience in mid-October.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">John Fetterman just blew up Democrats&rsquo; shut down narrative.<\/p>\n<p>FETTERMAN: &ldquo;Shutting the government is really what the Democratic Party wants to do&hellip; [Obamacare subsidies were] designed by the Democratic Party to expire &hellip; This is NOT something taken by the Republicans.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VE4s1LRWDE\">pic.twitter.com\/VE4s1LRWDE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1978654275392741722?\">October 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fetterman indicated at the time he would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-are-pushing-to-make-the-child-tax-credit-permanent-but-just-a-minority-of-americans-support-it\/\" title=\"... Are Pushing To Make The Child Tax Credit Permanent, But Just A Minority Of Americans Support It\">support extending<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hakeem-jeffries-irate-gop-rep-mike-lawler-confronts-capitol-complete-total-embarrassment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enhanced Obamacare subsidies<\/a>, but not at the expense of keeping the government closed.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, there are still a few Democrat politicians around who are willing to put country over far-left politics.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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On Monday, Fetterman, along with six other Democrats and one independent senator, joined the Republican majority in ending the filibuster that had caused a record 41-day federal government shutdown. Minority Democrats had been pushing Republicans to agree to $1.5 trillion in new healthcare funding, including extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies set to expire at year&#8217;s end. The GOP agreed to vote on these subsidies in December if Democrats allowed the government to reopen immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Hostin challenged Fetterman by citing criticism from figures like Senator Bernie Sanders and California Governor Gavin Newsom, who called his decision a &#8220;horrific mistake&#8221; and a &#8220;surrender.&#8221; She questioned why Democrats would give up momentum after recent wins and asked if he trusted Republicans would negotiate healthcare fairly once the government reopened-warning that if he was wrong, half a million Pennsylvanians could face soaring healthcare costs.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman retorted sharply, dismissing advice from Marjorie Taylor Greene as irrelevant and rejecting lectures from Sanders or Newsom because they represent very liberal constituencies. He argued that extremism led Democrats to lose control of the White House and Senate last fall-highlighting Pennsylvania as one of seven swing states won by Donald Trump in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that this is not political posturing but a real crisis affecting 42 million Americans uncertain about their next meal. He noted federal workers hadn&#8217;t been paid for five weeks and had borrowed heavily just to cover expenses. 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