HARRISBURG — On Saturday, April 11, Gov. Josh Shapiro traveled to Centre, Clinton, and Lycoming counties where he met with Pennsylvanians, rallied local Democrats, and discussed the stakes of this year’s elections across the Commonwealth.
Throughout the day, Shapiro heard directly from Pennsylvanians about the challenges they are facing.
Shapiro spoke to a nearly packed conference room of almost 400 people at the Penn Stater in State College ahead of this year’s midterm elections. Shapiro attacked the Trump administration’s policies.
“Donald Trump has literally made everything cost more in Pennsylvania,” Shapiro said. “Go visit and talk to some of our farmers here in Centre County. They’ll tell you how these tariffs not only made fertilizer cost 36% more for them, but how markets in Canada and Mexico have been shut down.”
Shapiro called on the audience to vote for him as governor in November so he can continue fighting against Trump’s policies, try to raise Pennsylvania’s minimum wage and build more housing. Shapiro also called on Democrats to vote to flip the U.S. House.
Shapiro stated that a successful reelection would prevent policies similar to those at the federal level from impacting Pennsylvanians. Shapiro expressed concern about federal actions impacting individual liberties.
“The federal government has been taking away people’s freedoms, making it harder for families to be able to raise their children, making it harder for women to make decisions over their own bodies, trying to undermine our right to vote here in Pennsylvania,” Shapiro said. “Unfortunately, my opponent is really just a rubber stamp for those policies. Endorses all of them.”
State Treasurer Stacy Garrity is seeking the Republican nomination for governor.
Shapiro also suggested that successfully flipping both houses in Pennsylvania could potentially contribute to a shift at the federal level.
