Fetterman: ‘I Follow Country, Then Party … I Refuse to Vote to Shut Our Government Down’

O’REILLY: “... he’s doing something bad for the country, then you go after him, right?”
Fetterman: “Yeah, well, it’s like that’s why — that’s why shutting the government is — is really what the Democratic Party wants to do. And I follow country then party. And it’s the wrong thing for the country. In a period of chaos, I refuse to vote to shut our government down. I absolutely would love to have — (Applause) — I would love to have a conversation about extending the tax credits for health care, absolutely, but I would remind everybody too, this was designed by the Democratic Party to expire at the end of the year. This is not something taken from — by — by — by the Republicans. That’s — they were designed to expire. Now, let’s have a conversation to extend it and not shut our government down and let’s continue to have that — [crosstalk]”
O’REILLY: “Thune has already agreed to that.”
Fetterman: “Well, I mean that —”
O’REILLY: “You know that.”
Fetterman: “Well for me — I — I do believe — I do believe Leader Thune is an honorable man —”
O’REILLY: “Yeah. He’s already said — [crosstalk]”
Fetterman: “And I do believe that he’s not going to lie. I mean you can’t guarantee any outcome.”
O’REILLY: “That’s right.”
O’REILLY: “But what I’m — what I’m saying is, that’s talking about what’s wrong for the country. I can’t vote for thing. I can’t vote to shutting our government down.”