Governor Josh Shapiro of Abington responded to former President Donald Trump’s comments posted on the social media platform Truth Social following his appearance at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night.
“I mean first off, I think it’s clear over the last few weeks, Donald Trump is obsessed with me and obsessed with continuing to spew hate and division in our politics. He’s someone who has routinely peddled antisemitic tropes like this,” Shapiro told NBC10.
“I think Donald Trump has a long history of spewing antisemitic tropes, racist tropes,” Shapiro continued. “He attacks other people for who they are, what they look like, what they believe in. And that is not the way any American should act, let alone someone who wants to be the leader of this country.”
From Trump’s post:
Shapiro’s full response can be found below:
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