Fetterman Vows to be ‘Independent Voice in the Democratic Party’

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00:00Fetterman vows to be independent voice in the Democratic Party.

00:04Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman says he will remain a Democrat, stating,

00:08No, I'm not going to switch.

00:10Fetterman plans to remain a Democrat despite not agreeing with the threats by Democratic leaders to shut down the federal government this week.

00:17The senator spoke with Fox Business Network host Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures per The Hill.

00:23I'm not going to switch. I'm just going to be an independent voice in the Democratic Party.

00:28I'm not going to be afraid of people, he said.

00:31Fetterman said he doesn't agree with those Democrats who try to call President Donald Trump and his supporters Nazis or fascists.

00:38And if there are groups attacking a Democrat, the last one in Pennsylvania, then that's part of the problem in our party, Fetterman said.

00:45And if you want a Democrat that's going to call people Nazis or fascists or all these kinds of things, well, I am not going to be that guy.

00:54I happen to believe the truth, regardless if it's the Republican or the Democratic voice.

00:59If you want a Democrat that's going to call people Nazis or fascists, all these things, I'm not going to be that guy.

01:07Fetterman's independent leanings are popular to Republican senators who want to increase their majority to 54 seats if he's switched.

01:15But Fetterman remained a Democrat with no plans of switching parties.

01:19Fetterman said efforts to shut down the government are always wrong.

01:22That's where my voice is, and if that puts me as an outlier, and now that's where I am, he said.

01:28He also defended his ongoing support for Israel.

01:31Now it's endgame, he said.

01:33And this war does have to end, and that's why Netanyahu's been forced to do this and go into Gaza City.

01:39That's why I'm going to follow Israel just as I've done for now, going on two years.

01:44I'm going to follow Israel just as I've done for now, going on two years.