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Josh Shapiro: “Politicians have to stop feeding into [social media…”

Featuring: Josh Shapiro, Democratic | Governor of Pennsylvania

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Josh Shapiro on ICE in Minnesota, his personal faith, and winning swing districts in the midterms

Published | Video Starts at 35:17

In addition to traditional media outlets, you can look no further than social media, where they literally monetize division, where you have people who are not just encouraging that division, but. But making a buck off of it. I think Politicians have to stop feeding into [social media division] and instead take their cues from the good people they represent. On this topic, there was a profile of you in the Atlantic that came out a couple months ago that got a lot of attention. (35:17–35:23)

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