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February 5, 2025

Kiss His Butt or Call Him a Punk? Local Dems' Trump Dilemma

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Kiss His Butt or Call Him a Punk? Local Dems' Trump Dilemma

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We are less than a month into the second Donald Trump presidential term, but it’s been impactful and chaotic. So how are local Democrats – Senator John Fetterman, Mayor Cherelle Parker, and Governor Josh Shapiro – handling Trump 2.0? Because while Republicans completely control the federal government, in Philly the Democrats are completely in charge. So Trenae Nuri asks political scientist, Brian Rosenwald, to look at the different ways that Fetterman, Parker, and Shapiro are dealing with Trump.

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