On the recordJuly 8, 2026
Many of these people that put someone like Platner in this seat right now, sit it out.
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Fetterman comments on party members backing Platner.
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“These people sat in a room and said, ‘How much crazy shit can we cram into a platform?’ Like, ‘Yeah, abolish the Senate? Sure, why not. Hey, abolish the presidency? Yeah, sure, why not?’ That’s crazy shit,”
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