Josh Shapiro

And while I appreciate the confidence you have in me and maybe in the broader dynamics here, I think we need to have a national referendum in these midterms on what people see happening in Washington, D.C., the chaos and the corruption that exists there.

I think people need to show up in record numbers and vote their concerns.

And so I'm not looking past

the midterms.

I do think it is important that we acknowledge Donald Trump has injected chaos and corruption into everything he touched.

And I think it's important for me, for other Democratic leaders in this country, to be able to show what calm

competent governance can actually deliver for people.

That's what I'm going to be talking about in these midterms as I seek reelection.

I think it is important to paint an alternative picture to the chaos Donald Trump has created, one where you can actually grow the economy.

You can make our communities safer.

We didn't talk about this yet, but we've hired 2,000 more police officers, invested in community violence prevention, and violent crime is down 12%.

Fatal gun violence is down 42%.

in our commonwealth we've invested in public education and by the way scores are up truancy is down um we're moving up on the list we're about 10th according to consumer affairs in the quality of public education i think we've got to show that there is an alternative to donald trump's chaos to his cruelty to his corruption and you're seeing that um i think certainly in my state i think you're seeing it in other states as well and we need to paint that alternative picture

I think on both sides of what you just said, Donald Trump chose to push the tariff button, right?

And as a result, here in Pennsylvania, what we're seeing is coffee prices are up 30%.

Beef is up 19%.

O.J., orange juice is up 9%.

The fertilizers my farmers rely on here in Pennsylvania, up 36%.

So we're seeing whether you're a farmer, whether you're a dad just trying to cook dinner for his kids, whatever the case may be, everything costs more because of the recklessness and the chaotic approach Donald Trump's taking on our economy with these tariffs.

Obviously, this war has spiked gas prices.