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Josh Shapiro: “Penn never imagined a Jewish governor or my lieutenant…”

Featuring: Josh Shapiro, Democratic | Governor of Pennsylvania

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Where are Our Leaders? A Conversation with Governor Josh Shapiro

Published | Video Starts at 11:31

Literally, the ship he arrived on was called welcome, and he wanted to build a place that was literally rooted in this idea of free Expression, free religion and free elections. Now, look, Penn never imagined a Jewish governor or my lieutenant governor as a black lieutenant governor, first one in Pennsylvania history. But you'd have to hope he'd be proud of that. And you'd have to hope that he'd look down on the leader of our country right now who wants to … (11:31–11:39)

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Asserts that Pennsylvania has its first Black lieutenant governor.

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