Josh Shapiro

And he's effectively a rubber stamp for anything Donald Trump wants.

By the way, whether you agree with Trump or not, I think you can agree that you'd like your member of Congress to at least meet the burdens that they have on them in the Constitution of the United States, which is to be a check, which is to be a separate branch of government and a branch of government that has meaningful responsibilities here.

when the congress united states walks away from their responsibilities whether on tariffs or whether on declaring war and ultimately just kind of empower the president again agree or disagree obviously i have profound disagreements from the president on on those things

then what you've really done is you've limited the power of the Congress.

And what you've really done is you've seen a whole bunch of people that put Donald Trump before the oath of office they take to the Constitution.

And I think that's just pathetic.

By the way, why these people work so hard to get to Congress, to move up in leadership, to do all the things they got to do, and then give away their power to Donald Trump?

That's pathetic.

And it's weak.

And I think our country is suffering as a result of it.

Look, I'm here in Pennsylvania where it all began 250 years ago.

And the brilliance of our founders was that they left so much of the work to the next generation and the generation after that to pick up the baton and continue to perfect our union.

Our founders, though, always contemplated two things.

One, that there would be honorable people in office.

And two, that the people in office would exercise their power and be a check on one another.

And in some cases, slow things down to make sure that bad things didn't occur, bad things couldn't get through the process.

I think what Americans are confronting now is a realization that we don't really have all honorable people in positions of authority in the federal government.

And that that checks and balance system that was constructed here in Pennsylvania is not standing the test of time because you've got these profoundly and pathetically weak people like Johnson and others who just simply give away their power to folks who are corrupt.

and to folks who are not acting in an honorable way.

I think to me there has been an extraordinary amount of self-dealing.