On Sunday, during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said that Democrats “own the shutdown,” which he described as a “fail.”

Host Jake Tapper said, “So, as you know, 42 million Americans, including 2 million Pennsylvanians, will not receive food stamp or SNAP benefits this month because funding officially lapsed yesterday. The White House says this is the fault of Democrats for shutting down the government. Democrats note that the Trump administration is not dipping into the contingency funds for SNAP, and they think that Trump is doing that to to pressure Democrats. How do you see it? Who do you blame for this?”

Fetterman said, “Well I mean, for me, fundamentally, I’m deeply, deeply distressing to know that 42 million Americans are going to lose thei

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