Joe Gale in 2022 PA Governor's race


On Civil Rights: Called Black Lives Matter a radical left-wing hate group

Amid the Black Lives Matter protests in Philadelphia, Gale focused on the demonstrations in the city that had turned violent and destructive. In a statement, he called Black Lives Matter a "radical left-wing hate group" and "perpetrators of this urban domestic terror." Gale was censured by the county commissioners, and Democratic Commissioner Valerie Arkoosh called him a racist.
Source: Philly Voice on 2022 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial race Feb 17, 2021

On Abortion: Black Lives Matter should protest atrocity of abortion

[On BLM protests]: "If the Black Lives Matter movement was really concerned about black lives mattering, those protesting me would instead be at Planned Parenthood protesting the slaughter of black children in the womb," Gale has said, claiming more than 200 Black babies are "murdered in abortion mills across America" every day. "What is truly institutional and systemic racism is the disproportionate number of innocent, unborn black lives snuffed out by the atrocity of abortion," Gale has said.
Source: Pottstown Mercury on 2022 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial race Jul 9, 2020

On Crime: Appalling to criticize insurrection but not other protests

[On Jan. 6 riot] "I have consistently been a voice for law and order and spoken out against protests that devolve into riots, violence, and destruction," said Gale. "For doing so, I've been smeared, censured, and physically targeted. Now politicians and the media are suddenly outraged, after having spent the last year justifying, excusing, and often ignoring the unrest and lawlessness that destroyed nearly every major city in the nation. This double standard is purposeful and appalling."
Source: WHYY NPR 90.9 FM on 2022 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial race Jan 7, 2021

On Principles & Values: Saddened that Columbus Day was canceled as county holiday

Adding insult to injury, the Democrat Commissioners are not only looting our wallets, but upending our way of life. Despite my objections, it saddens me to announce that the Democrat Commissioners recently canceled Columbus Day as an official county holiday. Although Democrats are responsible for raising taxes and erasing traditions, we must never forget that generations of weak and lazy Republican Party leadership paved the way.
Source: Philly Voice on 2022 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial race Dec 15, 2020

On Tax Reform: Politicians smother us with money grab after money grab

Just when Montgomery County families and businesses thought it could not get any worse, the Democrat County Commissioners are enacting a 5% property tax increase. Tthere appears to be two sets of rules: one for the people and another for the partisan politicians and policy wonks who exempt themselves from their own mandates to smother their constituents with money grab after money grab in order to feed their giant egos, subsidize their bloated budgets and bankroll their extravagant spending.
Source: Philly Voice on 2022 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial race Dec 15, 2020

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