Josh Shapiro

that I was not afraid.

I wanted people to know that nothing was going to deter me from doing my job as governor and nothing would deter me from practicing my faith.

It was important for me to say that because

Political violence, while targeted at one particular individual, is designed to stoke fear in a broader community.

And I wanted them to see that even though we wouldn't be able to return to the governor's residence for that Seder, we were still going to do a second Seder.

You know, my faith is just interwoven in everything I do.

If someone's going to mess with a Pennsylvanian, they're going to have to go through me.

And that includes the president of the United States.

When Donald Trump deploys, whether it's the National Guard or ICE, into a community where a mayor or governor does not want them there, he immediately erodes the trust that exists in a community.

And instead of making communities safer, which is what they claim they want to do, they actually create danger in a community.

We know that this president has lied about our elections.

We know that they are going to try and undermine the midterms again with their conspiracy theories and with their bogus lawsuits.

We will be prepared again.

We are already seeing them try to undermine the rule of law and undermine our elections.

Well, first off, if you want to have safe communities, you've got to build trust between law enforcement and the people that they serve and protect.

I made a commitment as governor to hire 2,000 police officers and invest hundreds of millions of dollars in violence prevention initiatives to create more trust between the community and law enforcement.

And it's working.

We've nearly hired all 2,000.

I think we're at 1,900.

We'll surpass that number.