John Fetterman defends shutdown vote, talks new memoir in interview with ‘The View’

Sen. John Fetterman joined ABC’s The View on Tuesday for a virtual interview in which he vehemently defended his votes to end the government shutdown and shared some of the thinking behind his new memoir.

The Pennsylvania Democrat joined the daytime talk show at a key moment for his party and for his personal brand. In a pair of votes Sunday and Monday, Fetterman and seven other senators crossed party lines to vote for a Republican-backed bill to end the government shutdown. And Tuesday, the senator’s memoir, Unfettered, was published.

Fetterman upheld his position to end the shutdown, saying that prolonging a lapse in federal funding would make air travel “less safe,” perpetuate hardships for military members and other federal workers, and “weaponize” SNAP, the crucial food assistance program on which many families depend.