John Fetterman actually said...

"Total theater is neither honest with constituents nor a winning argument."

"It’s a CR that we all agree we don’t like — but for me we can’t ever allow the government to shut down."

"If you shut it down, you will impact and hurt millions and millions and millions of Americans, and you run the risk of slipping us into a recession or even all kinds of other things."

""I refuse to burn the village down and to claim to save it," Fetterman said. "I probably won't agree with many facets of that CR, but when the choice is about shutting the government down, I don't wan..."