‘This Is Not Some Sh*tty Gameshow’: Fetterman Demands Democrats ‘Be Better Than This’ and Open the Government

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Oct 31st, 2025, 1:10 pm

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is calling on his fellow Democrats to “be better than this” and reopen the government.

The senator from Pennsylvania spoke with CNN’s Manu Raju about how his constituents were reacting to the upcoming end in SNAP food benefits.

“I will witness it firsthand,” Fetterman said. “My wife, Giselle, she develops the Free Store in our community and it distributes food there times a week. And her lines have already got longer. And now I will encounter people that have no SNAP benefits starting on Saturday, and I don’t have an explanation for them. All I can say is, I’m sorry.”

Fetterman continued:

It’s an

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