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Our hearts break for the families of those who didn’t come home.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
It’s hard to imagine a more heinous crime than murdering 11 people as they pray.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
That is the end of capital punishment in this state. When you execute an innocent man, knowingly execute an innocent man, you know there will be no more capital punishment in this state and possibly anywhere else in this country.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
The commonwealth shouldn’t be in the business of putting people to death. Period.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
In sum, Norfolk Southern injected unnecessary risk into this crisis.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
It’s hard to accuse me of not doing things, i feel a responsibility to now be able to take what I did, that type of approach in the AG’s office and show that government can work.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
My sense is people don’t think government will have the courage to take on the powerful and then be able to deliver, so I think some people are like, ‘This guy really did take on the big guy, and he really did deliver something.’.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
I travel all across Pennsylvania, rural, urban, suburban districts, i hear about folks wanting to make sure their kids get a good quality education, their communities are safe, that we can actually grow our economy and cut costs, and that we can protect our fundamental freedoms, whether it's the right to vote or the right to be able to make decisions over your own body.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
First and foremost, the good people of Pennsylvania have a right to both be safe in their communities and also to feel safe in their communities, we have a number of ways we're going to do that. First, as governor, I am going to hire more than 2,000 police officers for the Commonwealth. We have too many areas that don't have adequate policing.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I can tell you it's on people's minds, Republicans and Democrats, a group of Republican women hosted it for me [and] told me they'd never voted for a Democrat before. But because of the Dobbs decision, because of the fact that they felt the Supreme Court took away a right and that my opponent is just so dangerous and extreme on this issue — I mean, by far the most extreme in the nation, leaves no room for exceptions — they felt that it was time to cross party lines and support me.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think it's important that we treat all Pennsylvanians with respect, all Americans with respect, i recognize that in a commonwealth of 13 million people, not everybody's going to vote for me. I may not be everybody's cup of tea, but the bottom line is, it's my responsibility now as attorney general, and God willing as the next governor, to represent all 13 million people, to treat folks with respect, to bring people together, to recognize that there may be an issue we have profound disagreement on, but then there may be another issue where we can find some common ground and work together.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think as governor, it's my responsibility to obviously follow the law, it's not clear to me that Governor DeSantis is doing that.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This is who Doug Mastriano is, doug Mastriano is so dangerous. Doug Mastriano is so extreme. Doug Mastriano is so beyond the pale.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
The reason why I raise the points about freedom... is because Josh Shapiro has made this notion of freedom central to Josh Shapiro campaign, to me, it is a complete farce because what Josh Shapiro's really doing is saying,' I, Doug Mastriano, will define freedom on my terms and force you to live under those terms.'.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
What happened at the Capitol on January 6 is relevant, listen, my opponent was at the Capitol on January 6. He bussed dozens of people there. He marched to the Capitol.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
What I hear from people is kind of all of the above and that is, they're worried about their kids' schools, they're worried about public safety, they're worried about the economy. And I spend a great deal of time talking about that, but they also kind of instinctively understand that the foundation for the work we need to do on all of that rests with making sure we've got a free election, where when you pick candidate A or candidate B, your vote actually counts.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
When I launched my campaign for governor in October, long before we knew who I would be facing, I said that voting rights and democracy would be on the ballot here in Pennsylvania, it's still on the ballot. There's just such a clear contrast between me and my opponent on this issue.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Who we elect as our next governor will quite literally decide whether women's reproductive freedoms continue to exist in Pennsylvania.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
I'm running against a bunch of extremists on the other side that want to take away Pennsylvania's fundamental freedoms, and I will stand up to that.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
The next governor here in Pennsylvania, the ultimate swing state, the epicenter of the battle to protect our democracy, is going to have a lot to say about the future of democracy.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
I think it's pretty clear Senator Mastriano's going to be their nominee.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
I'm someone who wants to protect a woman's right to choose. He will ban abortion. I'm someone who wants to expand voting rights in Pennsylvania. He's looking to restrict them, we think it's important that the people of Pennsylvania... know that there's a clear contrast between he and I.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
It will be immediately appealed and therefore won't have any immediate impact on Pennsylvania's upcoming elections. The issue will now go before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and we are confident that Act 77 will ultimately be upheld as constitutional.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
They're inextricably linked, if you're trying to take away their vote or make their vote not count, then you're basically saying they don't get to be part of the conversation.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I understand people feel like our politics are divided and broken right now, but we can't just take our ball and go home. There's too much on the line, we all have a responsibility to show up, stand up and fight for what's right. As governor, I'll stay in the game -- no matter what.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Ghost guns are quickly becoming the weapon of choice for criminals and fueling the gun violence epidemic, these DIY gun kits should be subject to the same background checks and qualifications as fully functioning firearms to prevent criminals who are not legally able to purchase or possess guns from getting their hands on these deadly, untraceable weapons.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Right now this information is being requested voluntarily but should subpoenas be issued, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro can expect our office to do everything to protect the Commonwealth, its voters and the free, fair election that was held in Pennsylvania.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Although two legal audits have already been completed in Pennsylvania, Senator Mastriano is now requesting a laundry list of confidential and privileged information from three Pennsylvania counties in continued efforts to pay homage to former President Donald Trump and further spread misinformation about our elections.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Taking advantage of people and their privacy under the guise of serving as a nonprofit is not only unethical -- it can also be against Pennsylvania law.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
These claims were meritless from the start and for an audience of one. The will of the people will prevail. These baseless lawsuits need to end.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Theres a lot of chatter. Theres a lot of noise. The ballots are valid. Theyre lawful. And theyre being counted in Pennsylvania.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
This is about bringing people into Black and Brown communities and try and intimidate them. That's what the President of the United States and his enablers are trying to do, as the chief law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, I sure as hell won't let him get away with that.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
We'll have to wait and see exactly what Unites States Attorney Freed and the FBI and the local district attorney came up with, but I think that should give the public confidence in knowing that all of us in law enforcement are doing our job to make sure that legal, eligible votes are counted.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
This apparent settlement is a slap in the face to everyone who has had to bury a loved one due to this family's destruction and greed. It allows the Sackler family to walk away billionaires and admit no wrongdoing.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
By misrepresenting and omitting correct, scientifically supported contrary evidence concerning their opioid product, Purdue Pharma offered a product that was materially different from what was purported to be in the marketplace.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Purdue ignored the safety of Pennsylvanians, some of whom died as a result of the illegal and suspicious prescriptions written by these doctors. Purdue took full advantage of the situation. They targeted doctors with unsavory practices, they lied to sell more drugs, and as a result, they pumped our commonwealth with as much Oxy as possible.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
By misrepresenting and omitting correct, scientifically supported contrary evidence concerning their opioid product, Purdue offered a product that was materially different from what was purported to be in the marketplace.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
There is no safe way to inject heroin, fentanyl and carfentanyl.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
We have to stand up and say that we're going to put people before powerful institutions, that we are not going to let -- whether it's the church, or some university, or Hollywood, or politics or business community -- ever put their particular interests above the needs of those that they are supposed to represent and care for.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
In addition to the abuse that was uncovered, there was a systematic cover-up, people who participated in that cover-up documented in the church's own records and confirmed in the grand jury, they are still in positions of power.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
The grand jury ultimately found thousands of children who were abused by 301 predator priests and a systematic cover-up by church leaders that stretched all the way to the Vatican. It was something that we simply couldn't walk away from, it breaks my heart that they have prioritized the reputation of their institution over the needs of these children.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
There is a reckoning going on in this country right now, we have to stand up and say that we're going to put people before powerful institutions, that we are not going to let -- whether it's the church, or some university, or Hollywood, or politics or business community -- ever put their particular interests above the needs of those that they are supposed to represent and care for.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
Women need contraception for their health because contraception is medicine, pure and simple, congress hasn't changed the law, and the President can't simply ignore it with an illegal rule.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
A comprehensive investigation by the Office of Attorney General found widespread sexual abuse of children and a systematic coverup by leaders of the Catholic Church.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
It was none of those things. It was child sexual abuse, including rape.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Priests were raping little boys and girls, and the men of God who were responsible for them not only did nothing. They hid it all.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
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