Josh Shapiro

I tried to be honest, you know, with the reader about how I work through it.

And I hope it offers people some comfort as they go through the same struggles in their lives and also, you know, some opportunity to reflect on their own lives.

I actually think that the present leadership excluded, the American people are good and decent and honorable people.

And we are an empathetic people.

We are a sympathetic people.

We are a people that look out for their neighbors.

I think, unfortunately, the leadership that we're seeing in this country right now does not reflect the goodness of the people that I've come to know throughout my years of service.

That's really what motivated me to write the book.

This juxtaposition between the news that you so ably cover every day about the chaos and the cruelty and the corruption coming out of DC, and quite frankly, I don't see that matching up

with the goodness I see here in Pennsylvania every day, the goodness I've been privileged to witness across America.

I wanted to write a book about those people who've inspired me, those people who do good every day, and those people who have real empathy.

They've taught me a lot.

They've taught me how to listen.

They've taught me a deeper sense of empathy, and I'm gonna carry those lessons with me as I go forward.

The Biden-Harris administration didn't provide those specific tangible things that people could see or feel.

What the vice president, who...

By the way, I mean, such a sycophant, such a suck-up.

He embarrasses himself daily as he seeks the affirmation of Donald Trump.

I think historically, if I'm being candid, the Biden-Harris administration didn't provide those specific tangible things that people could see or feel.

I'll give you a very specific concrete example.