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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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Aug 18, 2024

I want to be crystal clear about something: antisemitism played absolutely no role in the dialogue I had with the vice president.

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Aug 4, 2024

So, if you go back and look at governors' races, You'd have to go back a little bit. Let's find a Shapiro race here in Pennsylvania.

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Aug 1, 2024

I don't know. Barack Obama is probably our most gifted order of my time. It's kind of a weird insult, I guess, but look I'll say this about JD Vance. It is real hard being honest with the American people when you're not being honest with…

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Aug 1, 2024

J.D. Vance is a total phony baloney. He is the most inorganic candidate I think I have ever seen on the national stage. He doesn't know what he believes. Donald Trump really has buyer's remorse with his pick.

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Aug 1, 2024

JD Vance is a total phony baloney. He is the most inorganic candidate I think I have ever seen on the national stage.

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Aug 1, 2024

Barack Obama was probably our most gifted order of my time side. So, it's kind of a weird insult I guess. But, look, I'll say this about J.D. Vance -- it is real hard being honest with the American people when you're not being honest with…

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Jul 28, 2024

The left, have you ever seen this guy like when he's on stage, he like kind of meanders over, can't really walk well and he goes over to the flag and he like hugs the flag, I mean, I love the flag, but it's a weird thing he does, right?

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Jul 28, 2024

It's like weird what he does, right? I mean, on the other side, they're just weird.

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Jul 28, 2024

You know who else stands up for the people every day? Kamala Harris stands up for the people every day.

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Jul 25, 2024

Let me tell you something, he's pretty afraid. You see, he's backing out of the debate now. He's afraid to stand toe to toe with the vice president.

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Jul 22, 2024

And there's real excitement and energy and listen, to be able to pick the prosecutor against a guy with 34 felonies, I like that matchup. I feel pretty good about that.

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Jan 10, 2024

I just want to make sure we don't mess around and undermine them by cutting off funding.

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Dec 6, 2023

It shouldn't be hard, and there should be no nuance to that. She needed to give a one-word answer, and she failed to meet that test.

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Sep 11, 2023

We do not have evidence at this time that there is assistance being rendered to this individual. In fact, quite the contrary. We've had wonderful cooperation from the public. If you do anything, anything to try and assist this individual…

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Oct 3, 2022

we’re seeing the same thing, headline after headline about prominent Pennsylvania Republicans, endorsing the Democrat, Josh Shapiro, over their party’s candidate, a Republican named Doug Mastriano.

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Aug 31, 2022

I think Pennsylvanians feel it, and I think Pennsylvanians recognize that we have a unique responsibility to defend our democracy. Our democracy that was born here in Pennsylvania in the city of Philadelphia 246 years ago.

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Aug 31, 2022

Whether we are going to allow our democracy to be compromised by someone like my opponent, this dangerous, chaotic extremist who has already said that he would use his power as governor to decertify voting machines in Pennsylvania to pick…

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Jul 29, 2022

This isn`t a big tent. This is a Christian movement full stop.

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Jul 25, 2022

It’s beyond the pale. It’s not normal, and it should not be acceptable in our politics today.

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Jul 25, 2022

We see the flashing red light out there that Doug Mastriano is, and we refuse to look away. We refuse to ignore it. We’re going to stand up to it.

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Jul 25, 2022

He is so dangerous. He is so extreme.

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Jul 25, 2022

Now folks knew exactly who he was when he picked him. He received over 40 percent in a field of nine or ten candidates. This is the modern day base of the Republican Party.

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