The Pennsylvania governor said in an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” he hopes Congress revitalizes Medicaid and SNAP programs next term.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said he hopes Democrats prioritize healthcare and food assistance when they take control of Congress in January, though he urged them not to forget to hold the Trump administration accountable.
“I hope one of the first things that the Congress does is to stop these Medicaid cuts, stop the SNAP cuts, roll back the cuts, the effective cuts in the Affordable Care Act,” Shapiro said in an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday.
Shapiro said that in Pennsylvania alone, 510,000 people are losing healthcare and 143,000 more are losing SNAP or food assistance because of cuts approved during Donald Trump’s second term.
While he stressed the importance of revitalizing Medicaid and SNAP programs, Shapiro also said Democrats shouldn’t forget to hold the Trump administration accountable.
Food assistance in the current state is problematic. It reinforces a tiered system for a basic right - sustanance. Better to transition farm subsidies and existing food subsidies so they are tied to an affordable, safe, nutritious, and responsible food system.
- Cash cropping: minimize subsidies for production based on non-food manufactured goods to drive food incentives.
- Food assistance: increase existing food subsidies and add in food assistance budget with targets on affordable crops to drive food prices down
- Imports: increase tax credits for retailers that source target percentage of local products (within state/region) to reduce transport and tarrifs that increase food costs.
- Packaged goods: extend tax credits to producters that source local, use renewable energy, and direct marketing dollars to healthy eating and purchases over branding spend on stadiums and entertainment.
- Cross-border: strengthen food trades under an umbrella food program and policy to extend food security and affordability within the zone - e.g. US, Mexico, Canada - allowing for flattening of costs and pricing.
- Regulations: enforce and improve consistent food safety that drives corporate behavior and investment to mitigate pathogens and promotes responsible farming and husbandry creating a single tier over typical commercial farming, organic, non-gmo systems.
Treat food like health care.
Add in prosecuting the crooked ass Trump administration and I’m sold.
Easy wins for the Democratic party.
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End (unconstitutional) Iran war.
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End (unconstitutional) Trump tariffs.
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Impeach Hegseth and prosecute him for war crimes.
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Fuck this zio fascist.
Prioritize prosecuting those who have committed crimes in support of the current administration. If you don’t rid us of those motherfuckers first none of the social shit will stick.
Y’all aren’t looking at Gov. Shapiro’s position from where he stands. PA government is going to get to work, now that PA Senate Republicans have been kicked out of the majority for the first time since the 70s. They have lots of progressive legislation on deck, and going by the gov’s and state leg leaders’ post election speeches they’re prepping to get lots done.
From that POV what the state would want first and foremost from the feds is money put/restored towards food security and healthcare supports so that they don’t have to dig through emergency reserves to cover what Trump and Republicans took away in 2025.
He literally said in that article he wants Democrats not to forget to hold Trump and his cabinet accountable for crimes. Yet people ITT are acting like he didn’t say anything about it and wants Congress to ignore the issue altogether.
It can’t be either/or,” he said. “It has to be both/and.”
He literally said in that article he wants Democrats not to forget to hold Trump and his cabinet accountable for crimes. Yet people ITT are acting like he didn’t say anything about it and wants Congress to ignore the issue altogether.
Yeah. Don’t forget again lol like you did after the coup attempt. He’s going to put a postit on the calendar.
Never mind the people in cages, the empty oil reserves and the ticking time bomb in the middle east. They can wait. Lets get some tax rebates on food won’t be delivered to anyone because diesel will $20 a gallon by the time they’re passed.
To quote him directly: “You gotta be able to walk and chew gum at the same time”.
Shapiro supports data centers
And Israel
Jfc. There are two chambers full of the fuckers, they can do more than one thing at a time. They’re so used to more time off than on, they need to get to fucking work.
Yes but at the same time. You bitches got 2/3 of senate and house. You can do multiple things at once. The play is to vote on single issue bills, stay focus, play politics, play the press to those against the American people and then to the next one. Do it all. I expect Epstein files to download by mid January.
I expect Epstein files to download by mid January.
Don’t hold your breath. lt’s a bi-partisan coverup. Dems don’t want to confront the reality of clinton and pals.
Not going to stop demanding change and doing what’s right.
They absolutely did not get 2/3 of the senate, so can’t override veto. They’re sitting at 4 (possibly 5 or 6) seat advantage, so 54-56% of the senate
They need to push like hell, yes, but they’re pretty hamstrung outside their power of the purse unless they can get aisle crossing.
You’re correct about the senate. I don’t know what I was thinking when writing that. Maybe thinking one thing and wrote another?
Maybe I should have said 2/3 on office? Due to local (city, county and state) elections also went majority to democrats.
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Do not use ableist slurs on Lemmy.World.
Fuck you too. Why do you want to give up? Why don’t you want to speak out of the better? Why do you like being stepped on? Are you those who think your vote doesn’t matter? Are you one who isn’t aware that protesting works? Do you like strugggling day to day? If you want to give up, just say so, so someone else. Can pick you up while we move forward. Just shut the fuck up. Good day.
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Shapiro supports genocide so we shouldn’t listen to anything he says.
I’m never voting for him again.
This is really important, and I think a hard pill to swallow for some. But a lot of folks voted blue for the first time due to pressure from cost of living. This is their immediate, tangible concern. We know rising costs are symptoms of the primary problem, but if those who were hired do not treat those painful symptoms they will likely not stay employed long enough to treat the overall illness, and he knows that too.
He’s an ardent zionist.
Is he?
Shapiro has since made a point of repudiating the views he expressed in that article, which was first surfaced by the Philadelphia Inquirer late last week. He told reporters that he no longer feels that way and stressed his young age at the time he authored the opinion piece.
“I was 20,” he said. “I have said for years, years before October 7, that I favor a two-state solution — Israelis and Palestinians living peacefully side-by-side, being able to determine their own futures and their own destiny.”
He, however, cannot support the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since he considers him a polarizing leader who is disastrous to Israel and the probability of peace in the region. Shapiro expresses views that the rhetoric and other activities that Netanyahu has embraced have branded Israel as a pariah state in the world and an agent of instability. At the same time, Shapiro has expressed his concern regarding the humanitarian case of Gaza and can be cited as another voice urging the US administration to make a positive intervention to reduce the suffering of civilians, and also calling upon Palestinians to be provided with food and relief. He supports efforts towards the release of hostages in the hands of Hamas and taking on peace talks in a profound way, where it should be with a government in Israel, which is not led by Netanyahu.
So not exactly anti-zionist, but I wouldn’t call it “ardent” zionism, either.
He seems to have a more balanced/nuanced approach, which may still be intolerable to some people.
But for anyone who supports a two-state solution, his position seems reasonable
Give me a break with this bullshit apologism.
Liberal zios blaming netanyahoo is just more zionism. The “two state solution” is a common zio distraction that nobody believes or wants. Etc.
His talking points are literally the two biggest talking points for lib zios to dishonestly hide behind.
- Netanyahu is not the cause of the Gaza genocide. Zionism is
- Two-state solution as a distraction: The problem is Zionism
Let me know when this creep disavows the actual problem.
Do you know what “ardent” means?
Because what I said is that “ardent” doesn’t describe his position on zionism.
If you want to argue that his zionism is indeed ardent, go ahead and do so. That’s not what I see though.
Calling for an end to the genocide is enough in my opinion, even if he doesn’t support the wholesale dismantlement and dissolution of the state of Israel.
If that’s your preferred solution though, then I’d ask what your plan is for all the people who were born and raised there, whose parents were born and raised there, and who have no other home, nationality, or passport in the world.
Until you give me a good answer to that, I can’t take your dismissal of the two-state solution seriously. Any one-state solution is asking for “survival of the fittest.” And well, we’ve already seen how that plays out.
I favor peace, diplomacy, multi-lateralism, and rules-based order, personally.
Non-zionist jews constitute less than 5% of jews so it’s not a surprise to see a shapiro wish for genocide. But man… treating americans like morons has limits.
Really?
Most Jewish Voters Backed El-Sayed Despite Relentless ‘Antisemitism’ Smear by Israel Apologists (Common Dreams) Meanwhile, a new poll revealed that a supermajority of Jewish Americans believe that the actions of Israel and AIPAC fuel antisemitism.
Supermajority of Jewish Americans think Israel and Aipac drive antisemitism (Middle East Eye) Vast majority of Jewish voters in US want sanctions against ‘violent West Bank settlers’
Poll: Most US Jewish voters deeply concerned Netanyahu has fueled antisemitism (Times of Israel)
So according to a variety of sources, including both Israeli and Palestinian sources as well as independent ones, you’re just… wrong.
And the funny thing is, what you’re saying is actually anti-semitic. I know that word sounds hyperbolic now because of how it’s been misused, but it actually applies in this case.
That’s just cheating.
Pick any odious position on any issue, and evangelicals will back it. Bonus points if it leads to their fun wrap party (apocalypse).
That’s absolutely not true, who are you counting?
Former IDF genocide supporting douchebag encourages democrats to forget all the crimes, genocide and corruption done in the name of the genocidal child trafficking colony of Israel and their cronies
He needs to get his priorities straight.
No, he has them straight. Helping the citizens trump has hurt should be the first priority
The most harm has been done by violating the law. Helping the citizens harmed by this means holding law-breakers accountable.
What kind of message does it send to the world of we just let this shit pass with no consequences?
I’ve never seen so many people come out of the woodwork to preach forgiveness for treason and pedophilia. Russia bot farms must be working overtime.
Did I say we should let it pass with no consequences?
They can and must do both. They are full time public servants and they all have staffers to help them research and write legislation.
Saying ‘don’t do this until later’ is a coded way of saying it isn’t going to get done.
Accountability first, otherwise whatever gets done will be undone. See Biden.
Democrats don’t have the numbers to remove him, and building court cases can take years.
They dont have to go after trump directly. He has an entire governtment full of lackies
And those court cases and investigations can take years.
