SHAPIRO’S MYTHS vs. FACTS.

CLAIM: Wants kids to have a great education.

FACT: Backed by teachers’ unions that fight against expanding educational opportunity.

Source: PA Campaign Finance Reports, >$400K from teachers’ unions

FACT: Defended Wolf’s closing of schools

CLAIM: Concerned about people who lost jobs during COVID and couldn’t get through to unemployment.

FACT: Went to court to defend Wolf’s forced business shutdowns that put millions of Pennsylvanians out of work.

CLAIM: Hire more police officers to make people safe.

FACT: Refused to prosecute gun crime in Philly

FACT: Never spoke out against the “Defund the Police” efforts of the Democrat Party

CLAIM: Prioritize safety in communities.

FACT: Bungled drug case and let drug dealers back on the streets.

FACT: Failed to take action when Philadelphia was burned and looted in the summer of 2020.

CLAIM: Investing in energy.

FACT: Approved RGGI, which kills union energy jobs, targeted natural gas companies with criminal charges.

FACT: Harassed and demonized energy companies employing thousands of union tradesmen.

CLAIM: Hand out $250 checks to deal with ‘pain at the pump’.

FACT: Backed by government unions that push for higher taxes.

Source: PA Campaign Finance Reports

FACT: Supports a multi-billion lawsuit against the taxpayers to over-fund the public schools and payoff the teachers unions.

FACT: Went to court to defend Wolf’s forced shutdowns of businesses and school closures. 

CLAIM: “I believe in freedom, you believe in freedom, and it's up to us to defend our freedoms here in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.”

CLAIM: Will cut taxes.