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Josh Shapiro

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Josh Shapiro is the 48th Governor of Pennsylvania, having taken office on January 17, 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the Attorney General of Pennsylvania from 2017 to 2023, where he focused on issues such as consumer protection, public safety, and civil rights. Shapiro has been an advocate for transparency in government and has emphasized the importance of community engagement in development projects.

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May 23, 2022

It’s not freedom when you say to the good people of Pennsylvania, you go vote, but I’ll pick the winner. I mean, that’s absolutely undemocratic.

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May 23, 2022

He offers a lot of dangerous and divisive rhetoric, and the only thing more dangerous and divisive than his rhetoric are his policies -- policies that, again, with criminalize abortion here in Pennsylvania.

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May 23, 2022

This guy talks about controlling women`s bodies. That`s not freedom. He talks about telling our kids what books they can read. That is definitely not freedom.

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May 23, 2022

He wants to ban all abortion and criminalize and jail doctors who perform them, without any exceptions. He believes climate change is fake. He wants to take away marriage equality in Pennsylvania.

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May 19, 2022

He`s not just an election denier. He`s an actual insurrectionist. There`s photos of him there at the Capitol on January 6.

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May 19, 2022

I would say it was Josh Shapiro, who`s now the Democratic nominee to be governor of Pennsylvania.

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May 19, 2022

He’s not just an election denier. He’s an actual insurrectionist.

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May 18, 2022

The next governor of Pennsylvania will appoint the next secretary of state of Pennsylvania. If Josh Shapiro points the next secretary of state to Pennsylvania, he will not choose someone who will try to rig the outcome of the presidential…

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May 18, 2022

If Josh Shapiro loses the campaign for governor in Pennsylvania, we will lose. We will lose Pennsylvania, one of the original members of the United States of America, because Pennsylvania will be run as a dictatorship, with a governor who…

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May 16, 2022

I’ve been an attorney general that stood up to powerful interests, whether it’s a corporation putting profits before people, or the extremists on the other side who are so dangerous that their views and their work will screw over everyday…

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May 16, 2022

It’s not freedom when they get to dictate to the women of Pennsylvania how and when and under what terms they’re going to start a family.

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May 16, 2022

There will be a bill on the next governor’s desk to outlaw abortion, to ban abortion. Every single one of my opponents would sign that bill into law. I will veto that bill.

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May 16, 2022

The stakes could not be higher and the contrast couldn’t be clearer. While he was marching to the Capitol on January 6, and the police told them to stop, and he kept going, I was out there in court defending the will of the people…

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May 8, 2022

Our democracy was birthed just a few blocks away here in Philadelphia, we have a unique responsibility as Pennsylvanians to defend it.

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May 8, 2022

They are extremists. They are out of touch with where I know Pennsylvanians to be.

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Jan 7, 2022

We need leaders who are willing to speak the truth. We need leaders who are willing to confront the lies.

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Dec 15, 2021

They should absolutely be held to account, potentially in a court of law, certainly by the Congress of the United States. There should be sanctions for them.

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Dec 15, 2021

Let be clear, when I`m governor, I`ll appoint a secretary of state that follows the law, that upholds the integrity of our election and that has us prepared for the presidential election and others in 2024. I also won`t hesitate to use my…

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Dec 15, 2021

Their ultimate goal here is to undermine faith in our democracy. Undermine our voting systems. Remove people from the conversation that we need to have about important issues like education and climate and job creation in this country.

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Dec 15, 2021

We have a constitutional and statutory right to privacy here in Pennsylvania just because a group of Republican state senators want to suck up to the former president, then give him a right to go around the law in the commonwealth and…

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Dec 15, 2021

I`m very proud of the fact, through our efforts, we were able to take away Rudy Giuliani`s ability to practice law and that we`re continuing to work to sanction the other lawyers.

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Dec 15, 2021

When I`m governor, I`ll appoint a secretary of state that follows the law, that upholds the integrity of our election and that has us prepared for the presidential election and others in 2024. I also won`t hesitate to use my veto pen to…

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Dec 15, 2021

Their goal is to subtract. My goal is to make sure every legal eligible voter gets to participate in our democracy.

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Dec 15, 2021

But your broader point is spot on, and that is all of these things together. First, the lies, then the litigation.

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Dec 15, 2021

Absolutely. And, look, it bears repeating. We had a free and fair, safe and secure election here in Pennsylvania. There were a handful of incidents of voter fraud.

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