Josh Shapiro

Well, they were asked that question in court today. What was the purpose of needing that data? And not only did they not articulate a purpose in court, they made clear that they don’t feel as though they need a purpose.

They are willing to trade our democracy, to trade the Oath of Office that they're required to take to try and achieve some sort of short term political gain.

In fact, we've had two legally required audits that showed that we had a free and fair, safe and secure election that Joe Biden won here in Pennsylvania by about 80,000 votes.

Sure, the State Senate Republicans apparently at the behest of the former President launched an effort to try and audit the vote here in Pennsylvania. I use air quotes, of course when I say "audit" because it's not a real audit.

They`re trying to write certain people out of our democracy.

I will not hesitate to use my veto pen to protect the good people of Pennsylvania and protect the progress that we have made over the years.

Pennsylvania's fundamental rights are under attack. These senators are using their position of power to demand voters' personal information, all so that they may continue to lie about our elections. It is time for public officials to move…

What is at stake in this election is the very foundation of our democracy, our voting rights.

Democracy is on the ballot. And it is the central issue in my campaign. Everything else is built on the foundation of people counting in our system and having their voice heard in our system.

Look, this is who the modern day Republican Party is, and these politicians who issued and backed these subpoenas, including the leader of the state Senate, they have sold out Pennsylvanians who value small government who value their…

Because the Republican leader is trying to orchestrate this sham. Indeed, he bragged about the fact that he checked with Donald Trump before instructing this chairman to go forward with this effort.

The chairman of the committee who we sued for his conduct here made clear that that is their intention, to take the private personal information, Social Security numbers, driver`s license numbers and the like and take all of that…

I think what`s clear is that they continue to perpetuate the big lie. I think what`s clear is that in doing so they`ve not only been lying to their constituents but now they`re putting nine million Pennsylvanians at risk of having their…

And second, to make sure that their votes didn't count. We beat them every single time. And we'll do it again.

And it's important to note Anderson that they sued us, over 40 times, here in Pennsylvania, first, to make it harder for people to vote--

And they are making people feel as though they will not be counted in our democracy. I'm fighting back against that.

They're things that end up being a cancer in our democracy. They're things that don't allow us to agree on then basic sets of facts and data and science that we need, for example, to beat this pandemic.

Every single hour of every single day, I worry about our democracy. Look, the good people of Pennsylvania have been lied to, by their elected leaders, elected Republican leaders, here in Pennsylvania, lied to, by the former president.

They are actually perpetuating a charade, on the good people of Pennsylvania, at the behest of Donald Trump.

It's a sham. It's a charade. And it's something that I am going to stop, here in Pennsylvania.

We had a safe and secure, free and fair election.

We will fight it. We will take all necessary legal steps to protect the privacy of Pennsylvanians.

The problem is these Republican state senators continued to put conspiracies in front of our state constitution, continue to put important issues like climate change and job creation and educating our kids, dealing with gun violence on the…

They`re absolute nonsense. And Katie Hobbs is right, it`s a fraud-it. I think it`s a charade and a sham and I think what is important for Pennsylvanians to know is that these Republican Pennsylvania senators are using taxpayer dollars to…

This is one insurrectionist state senator who is being enabled by the modern day republican party, which is beholden to Donald Trump.