Josh Shapiro
| Josh Shapiro | |
|---|---|
| 48th Governor of Pennsylvania From: January 17, 2023 - present | |
| Lieutenant | Austin Davis |
| Predecessor | Tom Wolf |
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) |
| Attorney General of Pennsylvania From: January 17, 2017 – January 17, 2023 | |
| Governor | Tom Wolf |
| Predecessor | Bruce Beemer |
| Successor | Michelle Henry |
| Information | |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Lori Shapiro |
| Religion | Jewish |
Joshua David “Josh” Shapiro, born June 20, 1973 (age 51), is the current pro-abortion Governor of Pennsylvania, serving in the position since January 2023, and its former Attorney General, serving in that position since January 2017. He previously served on the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, and as a state representative from the 153rd district prior to that. Shapiro violated Pennsylvania rules in 2020 election by allowing mass absentee ballots.
Shapiro supports biological men competing in women's sports, and vowed to veto any bill prohibiting that.[1]
Shapiro is unusual among Democrats in that he supports school choice, including taxpayer-funded vouchers to pay for private schools.[2] Teachers' unions, who are the backbone of the Democrat Party, are stridently opposed to school choice. Both Shapiro and his wife attended a private, religiously affiliated high school, the Akiba Hebrew Academy (now named the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy), where they first met.
In the summer of 2023, "Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro Kills Program to Help Pregnant Women, Save Babies From Abortions,"[3] by terminating a 30-year program that helped women in crisis pregnancies.
Religiously, Shapiro is Jewish, not orthodox but reportedly adheres to kosher guidelines. Shapiro took his oath of office as governor of Pennsylvania by swearing on three Hebrew Bibles.
Other
Shapiro recently may broken the law by covering up homicide on a Philadelphia woman seemingly murdered gets her cause of death changed to suicide. Suspected murderer has ties to Shapiro and his family donated to him.[4] Shapiro was Democrat gubernatorial candidate for 2022, and defeated State Senator Doug Mastriano in the general election after Shapiro cowardly refused to debate Mastriano.[5]
References
- ↑ https://www.outkick.com/sports/josh-shapiro-democrat-vice-president-nominee-transgender-womens-sports
- ↑ https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2024/07/josh-shapiro-vice-president-school-choice-voucher/
- ↑ https://www.lifenews.com/2023/08/04/pennsylvania-gov-josh-shapiro-kills-program-to-help-pregnant-women-save-babies-from-abortions/
- ↑ Josh Shapiro May Have Broken the Law | The Case of Ellen Greenberg
- ↑ Pennsylvania remains debate-less after Shapiro won't agree to Mastriano's terms
