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'''Joshua David “Josh” Shapiro''', born June 20, 1973 (age {{age|1973|6|20}}), is the current [[pro-abortion]] Governor of [[Pennsylvania]], serving in the position since January 2023, and its former [[Attorney general|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.<ref>https://www.outkick.com/sports/josh-shapiro-democrat-vice-president-nominee-transgender-womens-sports</ref>
Shapiro is unusual among [[Democrat]]s in that he supports [[school choice]], including taxpayer-funded vouchers to pay for private schools.<ref>https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2024/07/josh-shapiro-vice-president-school-choice-voucher/</ref> 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.
Shapiro is also tough on crime. In the summer of 2023, "Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro Kills Program to Help Pregnant Women, Save Babies From [[Abortions]],"<ref>https://www.lifenews.com/2023/08/04/pennsylvania-gov-josh-shapiro-killskillps-program-to-help-pregnant-women-save-babies-from-abortions/</ref> 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 Bible]]s.
== Other Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign & classic antisemitism== January 2026, new [[Kamala Harris]] controversies emerged regarding Pennsylvania Governor [[Josh Shapiro]]’s experience during the 2024 Democratic vice-presidential vetting process. In his memoir, "Where We Keep the Light" (set for release in late January 2026), Shapiro accuses that Kamala Harris’s vetting team subjected him to inquiries that utilized antisemitic tropes of "dual loyalty." Antisemitic Inquiry.According to Shapiro, during his final interview with Harris's team, he was asked several questions he considered deeply offensive and rooted in classic antisemitic tropes: "Double Agent" Question: Shapiro accuses former White House counsel Dana Remus asked him if he had ever acted as a "double agent" for the Israeli government.He was asked if he had ever communicated with an Israeli undercover agent. Shapiro responded incredulously, "If they were undercover, how the hell would I know?".Worse, when Shapiro objected to the line if question, he claims the team brushed it off as "standard procedure" and "just doing their job".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.jns.org/nyt-pennsylvanias-shapiro-says-harris-vetting-team-asked-if-he-was-an-israeli-agent/ |title=NYT’: Pennsylvania’s Shapiro says Harris vetting team asked if he was an ‘Israeli agent’ |date=January 19, 2026 |publisher=JNS}}</ref> Renowned envoy slammed Harris campaign as 'Classic antisemitism'.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/421165 |title='Classic antisemitism': Biden envoy slams Harris over 'Israeli agent’ question to Shapiro |publisher=Israel National News |date=January 20, 2026}}</ref> == Issues & misc.==Like most of his colleagues, Shapiro supports biological men competing in women's sports, and vowed to veto any bill prohibiting that.<ref>https://www.outkick.com/sports/josh-shapiro-democrat-vice-president-nominee-transgender-womens-sports</ref>
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.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8WQjqMFpCk&t=8s Josh Shapiro May Have Broken the Law | The Case of Ellen Greenberg]</ref> Shapiro was Democrat gubernatorial candidate for 2022, and defeated State Senator [[Doug Mastriano]] in the general election after Shapiro cowardly refused to debate Mastriano.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pennsylvania-remains-debate-less-after-shapiro-wont-agree-to-mastrianos-terms Pennsylvania remains debate-less after Shapiro won't agree to Mastriano's terms]</ref>
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