John Fetterman Fires Back at Sunny Hostin After She Tries to Shame Him for Voting to Reopen Government Multiple Times

Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman delivered a much-needed reality check to co-host Sunny Hostin, who attempted to bully him over his sensible votes to reopen the government amid the Schumer shutdown.

Fetterman, showing rare spine for a Democrat, stood firm against the radical left’s obsession with prolonging economic pain for political points, reminding everyone why blind loyalty to progressive extremists is a losing strategy.

Hostin labeled Fetterman’s decision a “horrific mistake” and a “pathetic” capitulation to Republicans.

She parroted talking points from California Governor Gavin Newsom and even dragged in polls blaming the GOP for the shutdown.

But Fetterman wasn’t having any of it. The senator, who has increasingly distanced himself from the Bernie Sanders wing of his party, fired back with unapologetic common sense.

Sunny Austin:
So, it was a horrific mistake. Governor Gavin Newsom called it “pathetic” and “a surrender.” Poll after poll found more Americans—on both sides of the aisle—blaming Republicans. Even Marjorie Taylor Greene blamed the GOP.

As you mentioned, Democrats had big wins last week, so you had momentum. Why give in now? Why bring a butter knife to a gunfight?

Are you willing to gamble that the GOP will negotiate on health care in good faith once the government reopens?

Because if that gamble is wrong, half a million Pennsylvanians that you represent—their health care costs will skyrocket if you are wrong. I believe you are wrong.

John Fetterman:
Well, first of all, MTG is quite literally the last person in America that I’m going to take advice or get any kind of leadership values from.

Now, if Democrats are celebrating “crazy pants” like that, then that’s on them. I don’t need a lecture from either Bernie or the governor in California, because they are representing very deep-blue kinds of populations. A lot of those things were part of the extreme.

Now remember, what really needs to win—the big win—is involving my state and other states and those things. Why have we arrived here after the election a year ago?

We want to forget. We’ve got to forget some of the things that cost us that election. For me, that’s why I’m trying to remind people that the kinds of extremism—we can’t return to those things. We need to realize we have to find a way forward.

I would like to, rather than cite MTG, cite one of the new governor-elects saying that my election is not a green light to continue this shutdown. Because I promise you, this isn’t a political game. It’s viewed as that by many of us.

But the reality is, 42 million Americans are now not sure where their next meal is going to come from. And because we vote like that—or because people haven’t been paid for five weeks now—in that chaos, those workers have borrowed more than half a billion dollars from their credit union just to pay their bills. So for me, we’re in the middle of this.

WATCH:

NEW @JohnFetterman doesn’t take Sunny Hostin’s lecture as she tried to shame him for voting MULTIPLE TIMES to reopen government @DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/0nzCWCUYK2

— Nicole Silverio (@NicoleMSilverio) November 11, 2025

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