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Fetterman calls for bipartisan cooperation as he continues working across party lines on key issues
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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., joined Lara Trump to discuss why he believes it is so important to have conversations with both sides of the political divide in a Saturday interview on “My View.”
Lately, the Pennsylvania senator has broken ranks with his party over issues including U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s confirmation, support for the Laken Riley Act for Border Security and U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
Now, it’s his position on the government shutdown that is drawing attention.
“Whether it’s Republican or Democrat, whatever is driving the shutdown, that’s always wrong,” Fetterman said. “You may have a noble goal, but that is the wrong tactic.”
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He said his drive is to bridge the deepening political divide to the “purple” state he represents.
“I’m not just representing Democrats,” Fetterman said. “I’m representing 13 million Pennsylvanians.”
He also emphasized the importance of working on legislation with his Republican colleagues. Following the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, he partnered with Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., on the Laken Riley Act.
“She reached out saying, ‘Hey, would you be willing to co-sponsor?’”
“I’m very, very pro-immigration, always have been,” he said. But he acknowledged that his party has “done a bad job” securing the border.
Fetterman and Britt also introduced the Stop the Scroll Act, which would require social media companies to include mental-health warning labels on their platforms.
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Sen. John Fetterman speaks to reporters in the Senate subway during a series of confirmation votes for President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees at the Capitol on Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Regarding strikes in Iran, Fetterman takes pride in supporting them.
“How can we allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon?” Fetterman thought. “That would transform the Middle East for the worst.”
The strikes also were heralded as creating conditions for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Fetterman praised it as a geopolitical success for President Donald Trump, one that he thinks his own party has been too hesitant to celebrate.
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The Pennsylvania senator also discussed his January dinner with the president, describing a positive conversation where they found common ground.
“It’s not about bending the knee,” he said.
Fetterman said labeling political opponents as “Nazis” or “fascists” only deepens division because it “implies that the people who vote for them must be the same too.”
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He warned that harsh rhetoric has worsened in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
“I refuse to believe the very worst things about the other side, because I just know that’s not true,” Fetterman said.
“We are forgetting that we [Republicans and Democrats] need each other,” he added.
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New Hampshire
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As he enters his final weeks in office, Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday touted a decline in crime across New Jersey.
Speaking at a court and police building in East Rutherford, Murphy said there were 559 shooting victims statewide last year, a 28% decline compared to the previous year.
Of the 559 victims, 107 were fatalities.
At the start of his term, more than 1,300 people were shot annually, Murphy said. The 2025 reduction marks the fourth consecutive year of declines in gun violence injuries.
“That’s not to say we are perfect,” Murphy said. “Because the objective is to get it down to zero.”
Motor vehicle thefts also dropped in 2025 — from 15,041 to 13,693 — according to New Jersey State Police statistics. That was a 9% decrease.
Murphy signed legislation in July 2023 that increased criminal penalties for auto theft offenders, focusing on repeat offenses and large-scale automobile trafficking.
“While there is more work to be done, this moment underscores the strength of the tools, practices and initiatives that have been put in place during the Murphy administration to protect residents and support lasting public safety across our state,” Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way said.
State Attorney General Matthew Platkin attributed the decline in crime to treating gun violence as a public health issue.
“That happened because of a sustained commitment to treating gun violence like the public health crisis it is,” Platkin said.
Platkin also cited drops in shootings in New Jersey’s largest cities, including Paterson, which saw a state police takeover after a corruption scandal. Shootings in the city fell to 42 last year from 127 the year before, he said.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said his city also saw historic lows in shootings and murders, with killings dropping to 31 last year, a 19% decrease from the previous year.
“Even as we laud our accomplishments, and we have many to talk about, we still have people who have been victimized in our city,” Baraka said last week.
State officials lauded local gun violence interruption groups as integral to the reduction.
“These groups are doing good and important work,” Platkin said.
Murphy said the coalitions often engage communities in ways law enforcement cannot.
“They’re on the streets, they know the community unlike any of us,” Murphy said. “They know it better than law enforcement. They know it better than elected officials.”
New Jersey’s acting State Police superintendent, Lt. Col. David Sierotowicz, said the reduction in crime was the result of collaboration between multiple government agencies and community partnerships.
“These reductions in crime represent more than statistics — they represent lives saved,” Sierotowicz said.
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