Fetterman on William Way LGBT Center

    6:22PM Mar 6, 2024

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    And so you withdrew your support because it didn't have enough Republican votes to pass is that I never,

    I never I wasn't part of that. I wasn't part of that

    the letter from your office withdrawing support? Yes. What What do you mean, you're a part of that?

    I was that that was sent out as like as a

    as well, but I mean, both you and Senator Casey issued letters of withdrawing your support for that. That particular earmark for William way. Right.

    But I wasn't I wasn't honest.

    I mean, it came from your office.

    Yeah, they came from my office, but it wasn't wasn't part of my decision. It wasn't my personal decision to do that. Whose decision was it? It was it was a staff decision. That was done. It wasn't brought to my attention at the time.

    I say. And so are you. But do you? I mean, do you stand by that? Are you do you think that the William way center should receive that $1 million in funding?

    I do. I do. And we should have, we should have the vote in our caucus.

    Okay. Okay. So it was a staff decision to withdraw the funding, but you are personally opposed to withdrawing the funding.

    Source would ignore it.

    I mean, it sounds like you're saying to me that this was a staff decision to withdraw the funding for William way. But you're saying now that you still support that funding happening, and you want to see some sort of votes. I

    still support I still support it. I don't support I did not support that document. I do not support that document. I see