Statement by PA Governor Elect Josh Shapiro
James, let’s take a moment to reflect on everything that we have saved in Pennsylvania and everything we can do for Pennsylvanians.
Now that we’ve won this race, Pennsylvanians know that our freedoms and our rights will remain protected. And in the Governor’s office, we can do even more to help all families thrive in this great Commonwealth
Here’s just a brief look at everything we’ve saved — and what more we can work to do – now that we’ve won this race:
- Keep abortion safe, legal, and accessible
- Protect access to the ballot box, and expand opportunities to vote
- Defend the right to marry who you love
- Help lower costs by protecting consumers and putting money back in Pennsylvanians’ pockets
- Raise the minimum wage to $15/hour
- Protect the union way of life and create more high-paying jobs
- Appoint a Secretary of State who will ensure that elections are fair and that our democracy remains strong
- Fully fund our schools, end our reliance on standardized testing, and put a mental health counselor in every school building
- Invest in apprenticeships and vocational training and remove the college degree requirement for thousands of state government jobs
- Make sure that Pennsylvanians both feel and are safe in their communities by closing the ghost gun loophole and hiring 2,000 more police officers
- Safeguard our planet and invest in clean energy
- And so much more!
Great schools, safe communities, an economy that works for all – that is my vision for Pennsylvania’s future, and I know we can accomplish it, together.
But our work doesn’t end right now with this victory — it’s only just beginning. And so I ask all of you here and all of you watching at home, to step up together and continue to meet this moment and do the work we must do to move our Commonwealth forward.
Pennsylvania, you showed up for me. We came together and won this race to define our future. Now, I will continue to show up. I will continue to listen. I will continue to bust my ass for you and together – we are going to build a better future for all 13 million Pennsylvanians.
Thank you so much,
Josh Shapiro
Governor-Elect of Pennsylvania
November 14, 2022 @ 5:01 pm
My ass you are going to be a good governor it is sick of what you want with gays and lesbians being able to get married and abortions that is murder
November 15, 2022 @ 5:45 am
number 1 on the list is to make sure we can kill our babies… how evil can these demons be?… I guess we’ll see.
November 15, 2022 @ 3:39 pm
What a joke! the real communist is showing in this great speech! he will have PA a third world state.. ASAP!
November 15, 2022 @ 4:15 pm
You don’t like gay marriage?
You don’t have to get one.
November 15, 2022 @ 11:29 pm
Were you truly elected? Or was this another fraudulent election? I have to ask. We know AZ and NV were stolen. But, the Holy Bible does tell us of very difficult times to come. I wonder they are coming soon.
November 16, 2022 @ 9:28 am
11:29
If you heard about it, there were keys to the voting machines that in potter county at least were delivered late
bonus points, the senator elect, John Fetterman, wanted all ballots counted, regardless of how they were filled out
November 16, 2022 @ 2:20 pm
Psst. If you don’t want an abortion, don’t have one. Same with marriage. Half of all marriages fail anyways, why stop a significant portion of the population from paying fees for the ceremony itself, being able to actually afford to purchase a house/land, and paying taxes on the land that in turn pay for schools, the school lunch/SNAP program, et cetera? I don’t like guns, so, I don’t have one. You really can’t have it both ways, either you loathe any help program like SNAP(which keeps the state running because it generates something like 3x the dollar amount spent in your community) and want there to be less people dependent on it, or you want everyone to pop out babies, regardless of whether it will be millions of dollars in state subsidized care and disability for life. The laws of religious morality are for you alone, the laws of the republic are for all people. Yes, some overlap, but that’s murder, not love.