Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman tore into his own party for “moving against our core values” in shutting down the government and faulted Democrats for the “deeply distressing” lapse in food stamp funding.

“For me, fundamentally, it’s deeply, deeply distressing to know that 42 million Americans are going to lose their SNAP [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program] benefits,” Fetterman vented to CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday.

“That’s one of the big reasons why I refuse to shut our government down,” the hoodie-wearing senator added. “I feel like the Democrats really need to own the shutdown. I mean, we’re shutting it down.”

The Keystone State Democrat has been one of three Democratic-caucusing senators who voted against blocking the “clean” stopgap measure to reopen the governmen

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