Governor Josh Shapiro

Well, let's start with an underlying problem that, you know, you can't point fingers exactly about this. And that is there was high inflation and people were feeling it. And so they're living in an environment where they were feeling like things have been bad and it's you know, it's hard to recover from that.

Well, let's start with an underlying problem that, you know, you can't point fingers exactly about this. And that is there was high inflation and people were feeling it. And so they're living in an environment where they were feeling like things have been bad and it's you know, it's hard to recover from that.

You know, in a political environment, there are folks who say that by June of an election year, if people are not feeling like the economy is going to improve or like inflation is under control, by November, they're going to vote for the non-incumbent, for the opposition party in that election. in this case was Donald Trump and the Republicans.

You know, in a political environment, there are folks who say that by June of an election year, if people are not feeling like the economy is going to improve or like inflation is under control, by November, they're going to vote for the non-incumbent, for the opposition party in that election. in this case was Donald Trump and the Republicans.

You know, in a political environment, there are folks who say that by June of an election year, if people are not feeling like the economy is going to improve or like inflation is under control, by November, they're going to vote for the non-incumbent, for the opposition party in that election. in this case was Donald Trump and the Republicans.

So that is a problem that was, you know, just a baseline issue for Democrats in 2024. Add to that, of course, the uncertainty of of the president decide President Biden decided not to run for reelection. Never in my lifetime have we had anything like that, where the incumbent who's running for reelection decides not to after the primaries.

So that is a problem that was, you know, just a baseline issue for Democrats in 2024. Add to that, of course, the uncertainty of of the president decide President Biden decided not to run for reelection. Never in my lifetime have we had anything like that, where the incumbent who's running for reelection decides not to after the primaries.

So that is a problem that was, you know, just a baseline issue for Democrats in 2024. Add to that, of course, the uncertainty of of the president decide President Biden decided not to run for reelection. Never in my lifetime have we had anything like that, where the incumbent who's running for reelection decides not to after the primaries.

And then replaced by the vice president who, as much as people may like her, she wasn't very well known. And just people don't know the vice president. They still don't know J.D. Vance, too. And so, you know, she took his place, but all of a sudden she had to introduce herself. So in 108 days to run the.

And then replaced by the vice president who, as much as people may like her, she wasn't very well known. And just people don't know the vice president. They still don't know J.D. Vance, too. And so, you know, she took his place, but all of a sudden she had to introduce herself. So in 108 days to run the.

And then replaced by the vice president who, as much as people may like her, she wasn't very well known. And just people don't know the vice president. They still don't know J.D. Vance, too. And so, you know, she took his place, but all of a sudden she had to introduce herself. So in 108 days to run the.

OK, so that's the part that I think where, you know, it's hard to point fingers exactly about some of those things. But but let's just be clear that. It also was a messaging problem that in those 108 days, there were challenges, you know, the attacks that were coming on Kamala Harris. I think the Harris campaign had difficulty responding to.

OK, so that's the part that I think where, you know, it's hard to point fingers exactly about some of those things. But but let's just be clear that. It also was a messaging problem that in those 108 days, there were challenges, you know, the attacks that were coming on Kamala Harris. I think the Harris campaign had difficulty responding to.

OK, so that's the part that I think where, you know, it's hard to point fingers exactly about some of those things. But but let's just be clear that. It also was a messaging problem that in those 108 days, there were challenges, you know, the attacks that were coming on Kamala Harris. I think the Harris campaign had difficulty responding to.

They didn't directly go after or even respond to some of those attacks. And I think that was a mistake. You really can't let any time go by in this 24-7 media world. where you're getting attacked and people don't know what your response is. So that stuff can stick.

They didn't directly go after or even respond to some of those attacks. And I think that was a mistake. You really can't let any time go by in this 24-7 media world. where you're getting attacked and people don't know what your response is. So that stuff can stick.

They didn't directly go after or even respond to some of those attacks. And I think that was a mistake. You really can't let any time go by in this 24-7 media world. where you're getting attacked and people don't know what your response is. So that stuff can stick.

And especially, like I said, in an environment where people are very uneasy and they feel like going to the grocery store is a disaster every time because prices are going up. So, you know, those are a lot of things that I've said.

And especially, like I said, in an environment where people are very uneasy and they feel like going to the grocery store is a disaster every time because prices are going up. So, you know, those are a lot of things that I've said.

And especially, like I said, in an environment where people are very uneasy and they feel like going to the grocery store is a disaster every time because prices are going up. So, you know, those are a lot of things that I've said.