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Josh Shapiro: “I'm working hard to elect four more Democrats to Congress to tilt the balance of power.”

Featuring: Josh Shapiro, Democratic | Governor of Pennsylvania

Full Interview: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro

Published November 1, 2026

I'd be focused on these midterms, which is all I'm focused on. You know, we talked here today not just about my reelection, but the fact that I'm working hard to elect four more Democrats to Congress to tilt the balance of power. take the gavel away from Mike Johnson, working hard to win a trifecta here in Harrisburg, something that hasn't been done since 1992. (08:25–08:30)

STATEMENT

Asserts efforts to elect four more Democrats to Congress to change the balance of power.

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“He [Trump] and his enablers sued me 43 different times to try and throw out the votes of certain Pennsylvanians.”
Asserts that Trump and his allies filed 43 lawsuits to challenge votes in Pennsylvania.06:44-06:52
“Someone broke into the governor's residence, threw Molotov cocktails throughout the home, destroyed about a third of the residents.”
Asserts an attack on the governor's residence involving Molotov cocktails.10:47-10:56
“He's behind bars now for the next 50 years.”
Asserts that the attacker is imprisoned for 50 years.11:05-11:09
“We've got five deaths in Pennsylvania, 1500 people sickened by measles.”
Asserts that there have been five deaths and 1500 measles cases in Pennsylvania.15:07-15:15
“Since the measles outbreak and my encouragement and Dr. Bogan, our health secretary's encouragement to get vaccinated, we're now up to 55,000 vaccines being administered a month.”
Asserts that vaccine administration increased to 55,000 per month in Pennsylvania.16:49-17:00
“There might even be five competitive congressional districts here in Pennsylvania.”
Asserts that there are potentially five competitive congressional districts in Pennsylvania.01:26-01:31
“We can finally have a check on Donald Trump's chaos, cruelty and corruption in Washington, D.C.”
Asserts that electing certain candidates will provide a check on Donald Trump's actions in Washington, D.C.01:53-01:59
“There'll be a check on his [Trump's] corruption and hopefully have real leverage to roll back the Medicaid cuts.”
Asserts that electing certain candidates will provide leverage to roll back Medicaid cuts.02:07-02:14
“The Trump administration has never provided a shred of evidence to suggest that there are people on our rolls who are ineligible.”
Asserts that the Trump administration has not provided evidence of ineligible voters on Pennsylvania's rolls.03:43-03:51
“The Pennsylvania State Police does not do DHS's work for them, does not do ICE's work for them.”
Asserts that Pennsylvania State Police do not perform duties for DHS or ICE.04:17-04:25
“I fought back and won and drove those detention centers out of Pennsylvania.”
Asserts that Josh Shapiro successfully opposed the establishment of detention centers in Pennsylvania.04:38-04:44
“Trump lost the election here in Pennsylvania and tried to undermine the counting of the vote.”
Asserts that Trump lost the election in Pennsylvania and attempted to undermine vote counting.06:38-06:44
“We put together a task force more than a year ago when Trump began to hint at the idea that he would once again take that tact.”
Asserts that a task force was created over a year ago in response to Trump's actions.07:06-07:14
“I sued them. I won, and we protected the right to vote.”
Asserts that Josh Shapiro sued and won a case to protect voting rights.07:31-07:35
“I'm hopeful that we're going to be able to get that done this time [winning a trifecta in Harrisburg].”
Asserts hope to achieve a Democratic trifecta in Harrisburg.08:21-08:39
“Measles was eliminated in the year 2000 in the United States of America.”
Asserts that measles was eliminated in the U.S. in 2000.15:07-15:21
“RFK denied that anyone died here in Pennsylvania.”
Asserts that RFK denied any measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania.17:36-17:42
“We know these people died. It's been confirmed not just by our state health department, but also by independent coroners.”
Asserts that measles-related deaths were confirmed by state health department and coroners.17:53-18:02
“We've had people embedded here from CDC in our state Department of Health before the measles outbreak.”
Asserts that CDC personnel were embedded in Pennsylvania's Department of Health before the outbreak.18:10-18:18
“RFK claims that we're lying about this, he's doing that because it doesn't fit his narrative.”
Asserts that RFK claims Pennsylvania is lying about measles data.18:38-18:44
“He is not qualified to serve as America's top public health official.”
Asserts that RFK is unqualified to be the top public health official.18:52-18:57