Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“It’s going to be a gut check kind of a situation… Do we want chaos and somebody that is in three or four criminal hearings? Or do you want to have a decent and very effective president that has gotten us through the pandemic, addressed inflation and has been a real masterclass of diplomacy with Israel? And if you want to be more pissed off about a $16 McDonald’s extra meal, I don’t know.”
— Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), quoted by Politico, dismissing concerns about inflation.
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