Josh Shapiro Says Trump Has ‘Abandoned’ His Voters

Shapiro: “I go back to those communities and I deliver for them.”
COLBERT: “So what do they say? I’m just curious, like, what do they say they saw in you that they also saw in the president?”
Shapiro: “You know, I think what they saw in me is someone who gives a damn about them, who treats them with respect, whether they go to college, military, a union apprenticeship program. They saw me as someone who can actually cut through it and solve their problems. Now, the difference between me and the president is, he shows up in those areas, he talks a good game, and then when he gets to govern, he does the exact opposite. I was showing up in rural areas where Donald Trump was showing up and he was pledging to not cut people off of Medicaid. Then what’s the first big thing he does? He goes and he cuts 310,000 Pennsylvanians off of Medicaid with this bill they just passed, including 154,000 in communities that voted for him. When I ran for office and he ran for office, we both ran with the support of local police. What have I done? I’ve hired more police. We’ve gotten them more training, we brought crime down 30% in Pennsylvania. What did Donald Trump do? Literally, his first official action was to pardon people who assaulted cops on January 6th and sent some of those cops to their death. So what Donald Trump has done with the power is turned his back on those communities that voted for him. He has abandoned them and he has made their lives worse. My focus every day is on making their lives better.”
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