John Fetterman

“I'm in the camp that says that if you're to the right of South Dakota on anything, you should use that as a moment to recalibrate your core values.”

“The security of Israel always has to be paramount.”

“On my left arm, I have the zip code 15104. That's Braddock, Pennsylvania, my home and the community I was honored to serve as mayor for 15 years.”

“I've never believed in my own political manifest destiny.”

“I have plenty of relationships with progressive groups. And I've run as a progressive before it was cool to do so.”

“If we turn our backs on the remaining industries and not reinvest in these places and just say 'You're on your own,' we will lose an entire generation of people that have no other options, other than to turn to somebody like Donald Trump and say, you know, 'Wow, he at least gets me. He at least cares. He at least pays lip service.'”

“Discretion is the most powerful tool a police officer carries on the beat, because an appropriate level of discretion can short-circuit the use of lethal force. Discretion and de-escalation measures are pro-community, pro-police, and create more trust while making everyone safer.”

“I do not look like the normal politician. I don't even look like a normal person.”

“I mean, there's certainly unreachable people in either party that will never vote Democrat or Republican. That's a fact.”

“I am so proud to be the Mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania - a storied steel town I like to say built half the world.”

“I believe that one bad decision should not define a person.”

“Being completely neutral, Joe Biden would be all but impossible for Trump to beat.”

“It's ludicrous that someone can be fired from their job, refused care at a hospital or denied housing because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.”

“I never said I could save Braddock. It's not about me. It was never even just about Braddock. It was a metaphor. Places like this matter.”

“One of the things I believe in most strongly is the power of a second chance.”

“I have said this before. Donald Trump is very popular in Pennsylvania. We cannot afford to underestimate his popularity in our state. And I have emphasized that continuously.”

“You can't lock away a problem and throw away the key. I don't know if it's an unpopular view or a popular view, but it's the truth.”

“I'm not pro-fracking. But sometimes there's got to be some pragmatism.”

“If there's ever a boot that comes down to the union way of life or some other kind of arrangement or some kind of corporate interests, I'm always going to come down on the side of the unions.”

“We all can't learn how to code when, you know, we're 50 years old.”