Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) says the repeated Democratic warnings that President Trump is trying to turn the United States into an “autocracy” are at odds with the hardline stance Democratic leaders have taken on a government funding bill, which is likely to result in a shutdown that would only empower Trump.

Fetterman has made it crystal clear that he thinks a government shutdown would be a disaster, and says he will vote for a House-passed continuing resolution to keep federal departments and agencies operating through Nov. 21.

“If Democrats truly believe we’re on a rocket sled to autocracy, why would we hand a shuttered government over to Trump and Vought’s woodchipper at the OMB?” Fetterman said in a statement to The Hill, referring to Office of Management and Budget Directo

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