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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.”
Shapiro predicts Trump policies will cost 500,000 Pennsylvanians their healthcare
“I've got 500,000 Pennsylvanians who are going to lose their health care. I've got a 120,000 who have already lost their health care. About another 320,000 or so were likely to lose Medicaid next year. I've got 26 rural hospitals that are likely to shutter”
Shapiro: House Speaker Mike Johnson acts as a rubber stamp for Trump
“You put what's his name? Johnson in is a speaker, and he's effectively a rubber stamp for anything Donald Trump wants.”
Shapiro: Benjamin Netanyahu has isolated Israel and fractured US bipartisan support
“I think Netanyahu, the leader of Israel, is someone who's been leading Israel down a dangerous and isolated path. I think he has made Israel more isolated in the world community. He has fractured really what used to be a nonpartisan or bipartisan American supp…”
Shapiro claims Pennsylvania is Northeast's only growing economy
“We are now the only growing economy in the northeastern part of the United States.”
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.”
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.”
Shapiro: Trump tariffs raised PA coffee prices 30% and fertilizer 36%
“And as a result, here in Pennsylvania, what we're seeing is coffee prices are up 30%. Beef is up 19%. OJ orange juice is up nine percent. The fertilizers my farmers rely on here in Pennsylvania, up 36%.”
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.”
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.”
Shapiro: Gas prices will probably take years to decrease
“Obviously this war has spiked gas prices up today about four 15, four 16 here in Pennsylvania, similar across the country, probably years before those gas prices come down, even if the war, you know, hopefully ends, you know, very, very soon.”
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.”
Shapiro: Partisans only condemn anti-Semitism when coming from opponents
“What you're seeing from some folks on the right and some folks on the left is they'll only call it out if it's said by a political opponent or someone they disagree with.”
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.”
Shapiro claims Pennsylvania ranks third nationally in job creation
“We've created more jobs in all but two states in the entire country.”
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.”
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.”