(cache)Sen. John Fetterman on why he’s standing by Biden’s presidential campaign - The Washington Post

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Updated July 12, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. EDT|Published July 11, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. EDT

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) has been a staunch defender of President Biden even as a growing number of Democrats have called on the incumbent president to drop out of the 2024 race. Fetterman joins The Post’s Paul Kane to address why he is standing by Biden’s candidacy, the divisions in the Democratic Party and how he sees the stakes for the presidential contest.

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"Debates are the not the end all in a presidential election. I’m trying to remind people of that. If we can learn anything from Republicans is that when the s—t hits the fan, they choose to be supportive and [Democrats] tend to panic.” - Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA.) (Video: Washington Post Live)

“How much damage do you want to inflict on a president that has held every line as the only person in the country that has kicked Trump’s a-- in an election? … It’s appropriate to have a conversation after that debate, but at some point, when does a conversation just become a vendetta?” (Video: Washington Post Live)

"Project [20]25 literally is the quiet part that nobody wants to be said aloud and now it is ... Think about some of the weird, twisted and extreme stuff that Trump embraces ... That's their agenda if they're able to win. We can only blame ourselves, Democrats, if they choose to give him a second and potentially a third term.” - Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA.) (Video: Washington Post Live)

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Sen. John Fetterman on why he’s standing by Biden’s presidential campaign

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