Governor Ron DeSantis “I think he’s a profoundly weak governor and he’s glass jawed. I think he is not going to survive this process well.” “They are (Republicans) so full of shit.” And don’t bleep me on that. GOVERNOR SHAPIRO INTERVIEW MEIDASTOUCH

Governor Shapiro did nearly the entire interview with a bright satisfied grin on his face. - James Pitcherella

 GOVERNOR SHAPIRO:

"They’re completely full of shit.   These are the people that love to frame the woke left, love to have these battles yet they’re the ones in their states who are leading the charge to restrict people’s rights and freedom.

If you’re a corporation in Florida and you don’t agree with the governor’s freedom limiting policies. He’s going to take away your tax breaks.  He’s going to take away your ability to manufacture your products. He’s going to take away your competitive advantage. That’s anti-capitalism. Anti-freedom. It’s anti-democracy." 

 

When reading my transcription excerpts understand that mistakes are inevitable. Refer to the video for clarification. - James Pitcherella

GOVERNOR SHAPIRO,

 "I say all the time women should have the freedom over their own bodies. A big part of that freedom is having access to information. And so what we do is we developed a website:

https://www.pa.gov/freedomtochoose/

If you’re from Pennsylvania go on there and you can find and access to reproductive health care clinics in your region. And if you can’t afford that health care we can also help with resources where you can get the dollars to be able to pay for it. 

If you’re not from Pennsylvania check out that website and ask your governor, your state lawmaker, ask your cabinet secretaries to put something like that in place.

Knowledge is power. I want women here in Pennsylvania to have that knowledge and exercise their power. "

GOVERNOR SHAPIRO,

 “He’s clearly not taking care of business in Florida. People are really struggling.

I was back and forth with a dear friend this morning in Fort Lauderdale, Fred Guttenberg who’s been one of the great leaders on combatting gun violence in our communities. He's sending me photos of his son kayaking down the streets around the Fort Lauderdale area. People are really struggling and suffering right now. And he clearly doesn’t have any plans to fix Florida or help Florida. 

He’s running around with his message of stripping freedom across this country and I think he’ll be rejected. This is a guy without a particularly good political acumen. He went all in for my opponent in the last election who suffered greatly. 

I think he’s a profoundly weak governor and he’s glass jawed I think he is not going to survive this process well."

GOVERNOR SHAPIRO, 

"It goes back to what I said before. He is not someone and those like him are not people who believes in freedom. They don’t really believe in capitalism. The fact that you have a business as large and successful as Disney and you get tickled off by something they said because they’re not willing to go along with his agenda to ostracize the LGBTQ community is what he wanted them to do. That’s something that I think shows a profound weakness on his part. 

But it’s anti-competitive. Something that is going to hurt business. I think if you’re any CEO out there any business leader. You need to be very fearful of what some of these governors on the far right are trying to do.

They’re creating an environment that is less competitive. They’re driving out innovation from their states. They’re making it less welcoming to innovative young employees who are going to help develop the next great technologies. Who are going to do the jobs that need to be done today and tomorrow. They are driving them out.

The good news is they have are other states that they can come to wether it’s Pennsylvania or Michigan. Other states where we value freedom and we value individuals no matter what they look like. Where they come from. Who they love. Or who they pray to. We want you here and you are part of helping us be competitive. You are part of helping us gain an advantage. 

And I think that that philosophy that the governor of Florida and others continue to embrace is only going to drive out competition. It’s only going to make it harder for economies to grow. And it’s really, really against freedom, patriotism and democracy. Things that are critical to the future success of this nation."

GOVERNOR SHAPIRO, 

“I’ve been in office three months and nearly every day we repeat the same refrain that here in  Pennsylvania you should have the freedom to chart your own course and the opportunity to succeed.

We’re trying to live up to that a number of different ways. As an example on day one of my administration I signed an executive order making clear that 92% of our state government jobs.

And let me put that in context. That’s over 65,000 state jobs wouldn’t require a college degree. Meaning we were going to going to value people’s skills and background and work experience over wether or not they had a college degree. Giving people more freedom to chart their own course and more opportunity to succeed. That’s one example of what we’ve done. 

We’re trying to tackle two of the big issues that are holding us back, from mental health by putting a mental health counselor in every single school across this Commonwealth, to growing our economy and giving more people jobs particularly from forgotten communities and communities of color. 

Making sure that we invest in public safety. Yes I do believe we need to hire more police in our communities but they need to be properly trained. They need to be people from the community that they’re sworn to serve and protect. 

We need to make sure that we are addressing gun violence in our communities and we’ve put plans to do just that. 

So we’re trying to tackle common sense solutions that actually make people’s lives better. Things that by the way draw bipartisan support day in and day out. 

This is what I think the public wants to focus on. Not some of this nonsense that some of these other governors across the country spend their time bloviating about." 

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Fred Guttenberg demands public defender’s resignation over remarks during hearing

LOCAL NEWS

Andrea Torres, Digital Journalist

Published: November 2, 2022 at 3:35 PM

Updated: November 3, 2022 at 10:28 AM

Tags: Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, Parkland School Shooting

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Fred Guttenberg told the Parkland school shooter’s defense that since his 14-year-old daughter Jaime Taylor Guttenberg died during the 2018 Valentine’s Day massacre at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School he has been traveling around the country lobbying to reduce gun violence.

Guttenberg said he had no intention of speaking during the sentencing hearing. But he said he watched from home on Tuesday when Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer and Broward Public Defender Gordon Weekes clashed and he was incensed when Weekes said the victims’ families wanted to incite violence.

Guttenberg criticized Weekes for ignoring that many of them have dedicated their lives to preventing violence. He also praised Scherer for having been “nothing but decent, fair, and firm” and he demanded Weekes’ resignation.

“To suggest for one second that we would be the kind of people or anyone back there would be the kinds of people who would incite violence, you all should be ashamed of yourselves,” Guttenberg said on sentencing day.