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Josh Shapiro

18 statements across 7 episodes · 6 bullish · 4 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Feb 24, 2023 by Chamath Palihapitiya · said 60 times in 19 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

On the record as a speaker too: Josh Shapiro's record, appearances and statements → this page counts the times other people say the name.

Mentions by year

brought up most by Jason Calacanis (33), David Sacks (12), Chamath Palihapitiya (7), Reid Hoffman (2), Senator Dave McCormick (1), Nate Silver (1), John Fetterman (1), Joe Manchin (1)

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2026 12 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
2025 9 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
2024 38 mentions in 8 episodes 5 per episode
2023 1 mention in 1 episode

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Everything said about Josh Shapiro, oldest first

Feb 24, 2023
Assertion Partly supported
Chamath: Josh Shapiro visited East Palestine before Pete Buttigieg
“I think the most senior Democratic person that went over there was Josh Shapiro, who's the governor of Pennsylvania. He got there before Buttigieg.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Feb 24, 2023 ▶ 1:04:49 E117: Did Stripe miss its window? Plus: VC market update, AI comes for SaaS, Trump's savvy move
Jul 26, 2024 neutral
Opinion
Sacks: Josh Shapiro is the strongest VP pick for Democrats
“The guy, the scariest, the one I would pick is Josh Shapiro. He's the governor of Pennsylvania, rising star.”
David Sacks Jul 26, 2024 ▶ 57:48 Mag 7 sell-off, Wiz rejects Google, UBI, Kamala in, China's nuclear buildout, Sacks responds to PG
Aug 9, 2024 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Kamala Harris picked Walz over Shapiro out of political risk aversion
“I don't think Harris is. I think she's just risk averse and didn't want to alienate certain factions within the Democrat party.”
David Sacks Aug 9, 2024 ▶ 1:29:09 Yen Carry Trade, Recession odds grow, Buffett cash pile, Google ruled monopoly, Kamala picks Walz
Nov 8, 2024
What-if
Calacanis: A Dean Phillips and Josh Shapiro ticket would have easily beaten Trump
“If you had picked Dean Phillips and Shapiro, I think they would have beat Trump very easily or because remember Trump was phenomenally unpopular.”
Jason Calacanis Nov 8, 2024 ▶ 39:38 Trump wins! How it happened and what's next
Apr 8, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Shapiro says 60% of PA state hires lack college degrees
“So now 60%, six 60% of all of our hires in state government Don't have a college degree.”
Josh Shapiro Apr 8, 2026 ▶ 34:50 Josh Shapiro on Trump, Iran War Chaos, Israel's Failure, the Economy, and 2028 Race
Apr 8, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Shapiro: Pennsylvania issued 40M permits with only 5 late refunds
“We've issued forty million permits During my time as governor, we've only had to issue five refunds, meaning only five of those permits were late.”
Josh Shapiro Apr 8, 2026 ▶ 3:24 Josh Shapiro on Trump, Iran War Chaos, Israel's Failure, the Economy, and 2028 Race
Apr 8, 2026 negative
Disclosure
Shapiro rejects wealth and unrealized capital gains taxes in Pennsylvania
“That kind of tax that you're describing is not something we have here. It's certainly not something on, on my agenda.”
Josh Shapiro Apr 8, 2026 ▶ 14:35 Josh Shapiro on Trump, Iran War Chaos, Israel's Failure, the Economy, and 2028 Race
Apr 8, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Shapiro eliminated college degree requirements for PA state jobs
“The first day I was governor, the first executive order I signed was to do away with the college degree requirement to work for state government.”
Josh Shapiro Apr 8, 2026 ▶ 34:31 Josh Shapiro on Trump, Iran War Chaos, Israel's Failure, the Economy, and 2028 Race
Apr 8, 2026 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Shapiro: Pennsylvania has cut taxes seven times and has low income tax rate
“We've cut taxes seven times in Pennsylvania. We've got one of the lowest income taxes in the entire country.”
Josh Shapiro Apr 8, 2026 ▶ 14:23 Josh Shapiro on Trump, Iran War Chaos, Israel's Failure, the Economy, and 2028 Race
Apr 8, 2026
Disclosure
Shapiro says he directly advised Joe Biden against seeking re-election
“Joe Biden seeking another term was probably not in the best interest of the party or the country, and I spoke to him directly about that and bluntly about that.”
Josh Shapiro Apr 8, 2026 ▶ 21:26 Josh Shapiro on Trump, Iran War Chaos, Israel's Failure, the Economy, and 2028 Race
Apr 8, 2026 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Shapiro says PA reduced barber license wait times from 20 days to same-day
“The day I took office, it took 20 days for a barber to get their permit, to be able to go out and cut hair. Today you get it same day, you get it within that day.”
Josh Shapiro Apr 8, 2026 ▶ 7:04 Josh Shapiro on Trump, Iran War Chaos, Israel's Failure, the Economy, and 2028 Race
Apr 8, 2026
Assertion Partly supported
Shapiro: Pennsylvania added 2,000 police officers, cutting fatal gun violence 42%
“We didn't talk about this yet, but we've hired 2000 more police officers invested in community violence prevention, and violent crime is down 12%. Fatal gun violence is down 42% in our commonwealth.”
Josh Shapiro Apr 8, 2026 ▶ 27:31 Josh Shapiro on Trump, Iran War Chaos, Israel's Failure, the Economy, and 2028 Race
Apr 8, 2026 negative
Disclosure
Shapiro: I was publicly critical of Joe Biden pardoning Hunter Biden
“I was critical of Joe Biden when he pardoned his son, right? I was critical of him publicly.”
Josh Shapiro Apr 8, 2026 ▶ 43:28 Josh Shapiro on Trump, Iran War Chaos, Israel's Failure, the Economy, and 2028 Race
Apr 8, 2026 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Shapiro claims Pennsylvania ranks third nationally in job creation
“We've created more jobs in all but two states in the entire country.”
Josh Shapiro Apr 8, 2026 ▶ 2:47 Josh Shapiro on Trump, Iran War Chaos, Israel's Failure, the Economy, and 2028 Race
Apr 8, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Shapiro: Equating Jewish people with Israeli policies relies on anti-Semitic tropes
“If you're suggesting, say, that Jews are Israel and reflect Israeli policies and support everything Israel does, I mean, that's one of the oldest anti-Semitic tropes Out there, this sort of notion of dual loyalty.”
Josh Shapiro Apr 8, 2026 ▶ 58:31 Josh Shapiro on Trump, Iran War Chaos, Israel's Failure, the Economy, and 2028 Race
Apr 8, 2026
Disclosure
Shapiro says he withdrew from VP consideration 48 hours before Walz selection
“And about 48 hours before she picked Tim Walz, I pulled out and made clear that that was not something I was interested in doing.”
Josh Shapiro Apr 8, 2026 ▶ 24:16 Josh Shapiro on Trump, Iran War Chaos, Israel's Failure, the Economy, and 2028 Race
Aug 21, 2026 negative
Assertion Supported
Chamath: Governors Abbott and Shapiro issued executive orders limiting datacenter growth
“Governor Abbott of Texas put down this executive order around Texas data centers and limiting its growth. Josh Shapiro in Pennsylvania just did the same thing.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Aug 21, 2026 ▶ 6:01 Dario Defends Himself, Datacenter Panic, AI Doomer Trap, Senate Toss-Up
Sep 4, 2026 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Calacanis: Abbott and Shapiro will flip back to pro-data center after midterms
“I mean, I'm of the belief they're going to switch their position back to being pro data centers because they just are following the wave here.”
Jason Calacanis Sep 4, 2026 ▶ 51:52 GPT-6 Hits AGI? Tech Euphoria 2.0, SF Mansion Shortage, NYC Bans AI in Schools & Venezuela Oil Deal
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