Governor Josh Shapiro
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562 appearances
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first heard Jan 2025
last heard May 2025
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to express herself and you know somebody that was walking by with their dog saw her walked over and joined her in the protest and then the next day she showed up and four friends showed up to to protest with her and then two days later more people joined her and now every friday at one o'clock 300 people show up to protest with her. That's just because one person was willing to go out there.
She felt a little crazy. She said the first time that she was out there by herself. But now she's got friends and people that she never knew who are showing up and expressing themselves. That's happening in, you know, that's only 300 people in Edwardsville. But think about that all across the state of Illinois, where Most of our state is is rural and exurban.
But of course, in the city of Chicago and people are activated and they're motivated, they're getting out there. And of course, we're protecting them. I am encouraging them. In fact, I believe that we all ought to be mobilizing. It's the best way for us to get across.
what we really believe is that, you know, show up at your Republican congressman's office and let them know, quit shutting down veteran services, quit taking away social security and Medicaid. And we know that's what they're about to do. They deny it.
But this summer, in fact, over the next few weeks, we're going to see them start to articulate why they're going to take away Medicaid in my state from 770,000 people, but it's millions across the United States, people who might die because they don't have health care because Republicans took it away from them.
Governor Wolf. Yeah, well, thank you, Deanna. Thanks for being on here. And in Minnesota, we do take care of our own. And I think we're getting out there. We've been doing a lot of town halls around the state, letting people understand exactly what Medicaid and Medicare does for them. Forty percent of all children in this state don't rely on Medicaid.
Eighty percent of our seniors in long term care and nursing homes depend on it, especially in and Deanna's right up there across from Fargo when you get out into the more rural areas. And so in Minnesota, we make it a top priority. We have one of the highest rates of folks that are insured, but it's dependent on the federal government's share of this.
And I think you've got a district that Deanna's speaking from that you have a member of Congress who is unwilling to meet with their constituents. We were up in Moorhead a week ago and a town hall with state legislators and myself, making sure that our neighbors know exactly what's going to happen here.
We have gone out of our way to make sure that we get people insured because one, it improves people's lives. Two is in the long run, we end up saving money and it's stronger for our economy, making sure our children are fed, making sure our children are covered, making sure our children are getting tax cuts to their families to get the things that they need.
But I can tell you this, it doesn't matter which of these states and you're going to hear from two states with New York and Illinois that are very large, but economy of scale doesn't help you when they take the Medicaid away from you. It will have devastating impacts. It will have devastating impacts on people like Deanna's son.
And you couple that with the destruction of the Department of Education that takes away our civil protections around students with disabilities and IDEA. And you have a situation where the Secretary of Health basically said it and was speaking with the language of eugenics that some people just don't matter. People like Deanna's son or my son or those of you listening tonight.
So look, this is a fight we must win. It's a fight that the American people are overwhelmingly on our side, but we need to get out and make the message of how important this is. Don't let them message this that somehow Medicaid is a giveaway program. It is foundational to everything we do.
Yeah, thanks, Michael. And Michael, just so you know, Congressman Conley's sister is a state court judge right here in our Commonwealth, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I'll tell you what I'm doing. I'm supporting my attorney general. You know, I know the work that the attorney generals did in Trump one was so important. We were successful over 85 percent of those cases.
And this group of AGs is having the same success and right there holding him accountable in the court.
So, you know, I think as a governor, that that is something that I'm going to continue to absolutely to support the work of the attorneys general who represent, in our instance, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in court, bringing cases, holding on to the rule of law and pursuing justice in the courts. The other thing I'm going to do is to do my job as Governor Michael.
You know, Massachusetts, we have laws here that protect people's access to health care, protect women when they need access to an abortion, that make sure that kids with disabilities are treated equally and fairly. We have laws and policies on our books that make sure that kids are fed. I copy Coach Wallace and and free school lunch and breakfast in Massachusetts.
We have strong supports, housing programs, healthcare programs, programs for our seniors. We passed, I think, the country's best veterans legislation just recently. And we continue to support and enforce that and support our veterans. So, you know, I'm going to do all I can within my power, Michael. And this is why governors matter, because we're on the front lines right now.
We've got laws that we want to implement and enforce here in our states. We want to make sure that people's rights are protected. And we also do that working with one another, other states, and working with our state AGs. These are these are really important things that we need to do.
I'm also speaking up and using this platform to talk about what's happening when they disappear people from our streets without cause, when they scare away our foreign students or illegally take away their visas to study in this country when all they want to do is study and research and invent new technologies and pioneer new cures. I mean, that's outrageous what came out today.
So part of my job, Michael, is to to use this platform so that we can explain to the American public what is going on real time in our states. Donald Trump takes this action, here's the consequence in our state. And I'm gonna continue to do that. And I will say to you, cause you're from Virginia, we just kicked off celebrations of 250 years of this country.
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