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Josh Shapiro: “The federal government bought these two massive warehouses…”

Featuring: Josh Shapiro, Democratic | Governor of Pennsylvania

Gov. Josh Shapiro on Trump, Israel, and War with Iran

Published March 15, 2026 | Video Starts at 24:52

I know you're fighting to block construction of two ICE detention facilities. What's the status of that? What levers do you have? So look, The federal government bought these two massive warehouses, one in Berks County, Pennsylvania, one in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. These are huge. And they want to convert them to ICE detention centers. Housed about 9,000 people there. (24:52–24:58)

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“We went from roughly 48th in the country in terms of speed to permit to being first or second or third in the country.”
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“On speed day, I took office, took eight weeks to get a simple business license. Now you get it same day.”
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“We have the only growing economy in the northeastern part of the United States.”
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“Our unemployment rate has been below the national rate for 32 straight months.”
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“We created more jobs than all but three other states in the entire country.”
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“We cut taxes seven different times and have an $8 billion surplus.”
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“You've got 46 nations around the world where the majority religion is Islam. 23 of them recognize Islam as the official state religion.”
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“Anti Semitism is dangerous. It's on the rise across this country.”
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“We have to address it when the seedlings are planted of this kind of hate, of this kind of antisemitism.”
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“There should be no place for [anti-Semitism] in our society.”
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“We should all stand universally against [anti-Semitism] on the left and on the right.”
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“There should be space for disagreement that doesn't lead to charges of antisemitism.”
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“We have to stand together and unite against [anti-Semitism and Islamophobia] and understand that our diversity makes us far stronger.”
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“I think a big reason for [the rise in divisive politics] is because of what Donald Trump has done to our politics over the last 10 years.”
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“I made clear that I would put a moratorium in place. I wouldn't sign any execution warrants long as I'm governor.”
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“I called on the legislature to abolish the death penalty because I simply believe the state should not be in the business of killing people.”
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“I tend to be someone in general that trusts people to make decisions over their own bodies.”
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“It's not an issue, I think that's dominating our legislative process in Pennsylvania.”
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“The death penalty is an example of that. Where I evolved on the issue, I explained myself.”
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“They want to convert them to ICE detention centers housed about 9,000 people there.”
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“They did this without consulting with local officials, certainly without consulting with state officials.”
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“At one of the facilities they're trying to attach to a water system that serves 700 households in that community.”
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“That water system can barely keep up with the 700 households.”
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“You go put 9,000 bodies on that water system, you will literally use up all of the water in that water system in less than 24 hours.”
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“I put them on notice that we would not tolerate this, that we would take steps to stop it.”
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“For them to be able to build these facilities they require a number of permits through the Department of Environmental Protection in the…”
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“Based on the sort of general plans that they have, they would not qualify for receiving a permit in Pennsylvania.”
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“I signed an executive order doing away with all the procurement headaches and all the deadlines and delays that typically would slow down a…”
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“The big buildings that we're trying to build used to take years and years and years to get permitted through our Department of Environmental…”
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“We not only rebuilt i95 in record time, we're building and constructing right now in record time.”
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“Nationally, Democrats...don't have the levers of power right now.”
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“Democrats were in charge in Washington, they did an extraordinary job of passing some of the most sweeping infrastructure laws our country's…”
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“We passed this, but we've got to drive the dollars out or we're kind of held up in a regulatory process here.”
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“This is the president's war he started, and now it's the president's war he's got to figure out how to get out of.”
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“President Xi in China...saw a president of the United States not only not be able to rally the world around this cause...but couldn't even…”
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“Putin is watching this, realizing that we've now had to withdraw help from Ukraine.”
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“Putin is able to have more of his oil and more of his natural resources go into the flow of commerce as a result.”
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“I would argue as someone who is desirous for peace...calling for a two state solution.”
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“I have profound differences with the policies of Netanyahu, who's largely dominated Israeli politics for the last two or more decades.”
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“I think he [Netanyahu] and Trump have politicized and poisoned the relationship between the United States and Israel.”
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“I think at the end of the day, that makes America less safe and undermines our national security.”
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“I've called on General Bondi to conduct a full investigation about the death of this American young person in the West Bank.”
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“I think the Netanyahu government has a responsibility to stamp that out, to stop that lawlessness.”
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“We need to have more of a check on this administration. That's going to start in these midterms.”
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“We've got to win the House of Representatives at least back.”
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“I called the vice president staff and said that I was not interested anymore in being considered for the vice presidency.”
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“I called Chuck Schumer and said, I don't want to run for the U.S. senate.”
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“I decided not to run for Congress.”
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“This was not the right fit, and it was not going to be the best way for me to serve people.”
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“I campaigned all across the country for the two of them and worked my tail off to help them get elected.”
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