Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro departed in a big blue bus Saturday afternoon with two other governors from key “blue wall” states, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Tony Evers of Wisconsin, to rally. I went down the steep slope to say hello. Democratic Party activists gather in a park on the outskirts of Pittsburgh.
This day was the third of four stops on the Blue Wall Bus Tour. All three governors are leading political battleground states important to Vice President Kamala Harris’ chances of winning the presidential race, but only Shapiro is currently rumored to be on the ballot. It had come to a point.
But if any resentment or disappointment lingered, it wasn’t evident that day, and his grueling schedule of campaign appearances, interviews, ad shoots, fundraisers, and behind-the-scenes support for her was far from obvious. It was not clear from the schedule. Harris and her fellow Democrats.
Mr. Shapiro, his voice straining for emphasis, emphasized what was at stake in the election for the nation, the state and himself personally.
“Let’s be clear: this is not just a political conversation about winning races,” Shapiro said in Baldwin Township, a suburb surrounded by lush hills just south of Pittsburgh. said in an interview.
Shapiro referred to his experience as federal attorney general, repeatedly suing the Trump administration and then fighting the Trump campaign’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, calling former President Donald J. Trump “dangerous.” .
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