Josh Shapiro in The New Republic
On Education:
$100 million in public money to private & religious schools
Palestine is not Shapiro's only progressive heresy. Just before October 7, he drew fire from teachers' unions and public education advocates for supporting a Republican-backed plan to funnel $100 million in public money to private and religious schools.
Although he was ultimately forced to back down under pressure, many are deeply and understandably skeptical of his commitment to public education
Source: The New Republic on 2024 Vice Presidential hopefuls
Jul 24, 2024
On Homeland Security:
Pro-Hamas college protests threaten student safety
In April, Shapiro's office baselessly claimed that a peaceful pro-Palestine encampment on the Penn campus threatened student safety. "If the universities in accordance with their policies can't guarantee the safety and security and well-being of the
students, then I think it is incumbent upon a local mayor or local town councilor to step in and enforce the law," Shapiro told Politico at the time. In May, he urged Penn to shut down the encampment completely. The university complied; Shapiro's office
said Penn "made the right decision."The New York Times profiled Shapiro with the headline "A Rising Democrat Leans Into the Campus Fight Over Antisemitism." In that piece, Shapiro made clear the low regard in which he holds pro-Palestine campus
activists. "If you had a group of white supremacists camped out and yelling racial slurs every day, that would be met with a different response than antisemites camped out, yelling antisemitic tropes," he said.
Source: The New Republic on 2024 Vice Presidential hopefuls
Jul 24, 2024
On War & Peace:
BDS (boycotting Israel) is rooted in antisemitism
As Pennsylvania attorney general, Shapiro championed the state's constitutionally dubious anti-BDS (boycott, divestment, sanctions) law against Ben & Jerry's after the ice cream maker refused to license its product for sale in Israeli settlements. "BDS
is rooted in antisemitism," Shapiro wrote in 2021, as he condemned a company named for its two Jewish American founders. "The stated goal of this amorphous movement is the removal of Jewish citizens from the region and I strongly oppose their efforts."
Source: The New Republic on 2024 Vice Presidential hopefuls
Jul 24, 2024
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