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Josh Shapiro: “I never imagined that speaking about political violence in…”

Featuring: Josh Shapiro, Democratic | Governor of Pennsylvania

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Political violence traumatized their states. A GOP and a Dem governor join to plead: Tone it down

Published | Video Starts at 01:09

We're going to disagree passionately about some things. But to show Americans that there's a better way to do this, we've done it before as a country, and we can do it again. I never imagined that speaking about political violence in the National Cathedral would be something I'd be called on to do. And even in the wake of the attack on me and my family at the governor's residence, I wasn't thinking about this kind of conversation, honestly. (01:09–01:19)

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Asserts the unexpected nature of discussing political violence at the National Cathedral.

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