With Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro joining the race for the nomination, there has been talk that he should be nominated for the position. President Biden However, Democrats in the president’s birthplace either remained silent or rallied to his side.
While Shapiro himself has stood firmly behind Biden since the debate, speculation has mounted about him as a potential 2028 contender, with Pennsylvania politicians suggesting he could be the man to replace the struggling incumbent president.
Sam DeMarco, the GOP county chairman in Pittsburgh, reportedly said that as a “popular governor of a key swing state,” Shapiro would be “getting calls tonight,” according to the report. Post-Gazette,
The newspaper also quoted Tom Corbett, the state’s last Republican governor, who said any executive from the Keystone State is automatically included in presidential discussions because of the commonwealth’s geography, electoral vote trajectory and swing-state status. Several other reports named Shapiro as a top potential replacement.
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Senator Fetterman, President Obama, Governor Shapiro and President Biden shake hands. (Mark Makela/Getty)
Shapiro’s office did not respond to multiple requests for comment, but the governor said after the debate that it was a “bad night” for Biden. But Trump He was a “bad president.”
“Stop worrying and start working,” Shapiro said, addressing Democrats on MSNBC. “We all have a responsibility to do our part.”
While many of the prominent state Democrats contacted by Fox News Digital either did not respond or declined to comment, those who did comment avoided directly mentioning Shapiro while praising Biden.
State Senator Sharif Street, chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, said he would definitely continue to support Biden.
Street, whose father John Street was a popular mayor of Philadelphia, said, “It’s too early at this time to have any discussion about anyone else.”
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“I am confident that President Biden’s exemplary record of job creation, defending women’s right to choose, and respecting the rule of law will give him victory over a compulsive liar, narcissist, and convicted criminal like Donald Trump,” she said.
In Pennsylvania’s most “swing” congressional district this cycle, Rep. Chris DeLuzio, D-Pa., also endorsed Biden while questioning Republicans who remain behind Trump.
“Yeah, look, I’ve made it very clear who I’m supporting in this race,” DeLuzio said. “And as much as it was a tough night, I think I heard Donald Trump lie probably 30 times. I heard him say that he would not commit to honoring the election results.”
Deluzio said Trump remains a “major threat to our freedoms (and) democracy,” and asked whether his GOP opponent, state Rep. Rob Mercuri, would stand by his 2020 Trump endorsement amid Shapiro’s blunder.
Fox News Digital also contacted the Democratic mayors of Pennsylvania’s five largest cities: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Reading and Erie.
Four officials did not comment, while a representative for Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk said he could not immediately comment because of a visit by first lady Jill Biden.
However, the Turks reacted first He commented on Biden’s debate performance, saying the president is “determined to defend our democracy” while Trump “would sell out our core values to play golf with Putin.”
Though Lancaster Mayor Deneen Soares could not be reached for comment, she recently spoke at a Women for Biden event and warned attendees to remember the fear they felt when Trump was elected in 2016 and to be sure to vote for Biden.
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“Don’t think that (this feeling) can’t get any worse, because it can.”
Fox News Digital also contacted Senators Bob Casey Jr. and John Fetterman, as well as several other federal and state House Democrats from Pennsylvania. Representatives from major county Democratic parties, including Philadelphia, Allegheny and Montgomery, also did not comment.
Casey, whom Biden has long admired and described as a son of Scranton, broke his post-debate silence for the first time Tuesday while speaking to reporters in his hometown.
It was a “bad night” for Biden, Casey said, “but I think people know what’s at stake.” “I know (Biden’s) job. I also know that the American people and the people of Pennsylvania are going to be focused on these elections…”
Shapiro’s 2022 GOP gubernatorial opponent, state Senator Doug Mastriano, said in contrast that the governor has “clearly been running for president since he got into politics (by) doing just enough work” and avoiding major controversy.
The Gettysburg lawmaker claimed the governor avoided debating “real issues” during his campaign. So he predicted that if Biden does not become the nominee now, Shapiro “will not have that luxury… if this responsibility falls to him, and we will look at him as a traitor.”
