Pete Buttigieg is a Democrat running for president in South Dakota. He was the mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania before he got into politics. The collapse of the US steel industry left this borough in the shadow of Pittsburgh in ruins. Fetterman has been known to show up at crime scenes and promote anti-violence initiatives.
John Fetterman, the 6-foot-8, hoodie and cargo shorts-wearing Democratic candidate for Senate in Pennsylvania, may be the model for how progressives can win elections. He just needs to beat Dr. Oz.
This episode was reported and produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Cristian Ayala and Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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