PENNSYLVANIA – With less than 45 days until Election Day, Governor Josh Shapiro spent the weekend rallying Democrats all across Pennsylvania to get off the sidelines and get involved in these midterms.

From rallying Democrats in Butler and York counties, to speaking at the Pennsylvania Democratic Party’s Fall State Committee meeting, to kicking off canvass launches across Chester and Montgomery counties, Governor Shapiro has been out on the trail working to get Pennsylvanians out to vote for Democrats up and down the ballot this November.

On Thursday, Governor Shapiro rallied Butler Democrats at their annual Fall Dinner and made clear that he will always keep fighting for all Pennsylvanians and standing up for the Commonwealth in the face of the chaos, cruelty, and corruption in D.C.

On Saturday, Governor Shapiro and Lt. Governor Austin Davis rallied Democrats at the Pennsylvania Democratic Party’s Fall State Committee meeting and emphasized the importance of November’s election to put a check on the Trump Administration and keep moving the Commonwealth forward. Governor Shapiro and Lt. Governor Davis are energizing Pennsylvanians to help elect Democrats up and down the ballot to win control of the U.S. House of Representatives, expand the state House majority, flip the Pennsylvania state Senate, and secure a trifecta in the Commonwealth so that they can get even more stuff done.

Later that night, Governor Shapiro fired up York County Democrats at their annual Fall Dinner where he emphasized how these midterm elections are a critical opportunity to hold Donald Trump and his enablers accountable and move our Commonwealth and our country in a new direction.

On Sunday, Governor Shapiro joined local Democrats in Chester and Montgomery counties to thank volunteers for getting off the sidelines in these important midterms and doing their part to move our Commonwealth and our country forward. At canvass kickoffs, the Governor rallied volunteers, supporters, and local leaders as they headed out to knock on doors, talk with their neighbors, and turn out voters in order to win up and down the ballot this November.

Read below for more coverage of Governor Shapiro’s Weekend of Action:

Butler Eagle: Shapiro fires up Butler Democrats with less than two months until election

• Receiving a standing ovation from a room of local Democrats at the Butler Country Club, Gov. Josh Shapiro pitched a reelection campaign centered on affordability, combating the policies of President Donald Trump and helping elect other Democrats across Pennsylvania to help pass his agenda.

• “I go everywhere. I’ve spent a lot of time in Butler County and all across our rural communities in Pennsylvania. I think it’s important to show up, to listen and to deliver for folks,” Shapiro told the Eagle.

• “This is a community that means a lot to me. I’ve been here many times. I’m going to show up many more times in the future and I couldn’t be more thankful for the support I’ve earned here from, not just my fellow Democrats, but many Republicans and independents as well.”

• Shapiro’s speech Thursday night centered on the idea of people being “sick and tired of the status quo” and the “chaos and cruelty of the corruption we are seeing in Washington, D.C.”

• During his speech, he blamed Trump’s tariff policy for raising inflation and increasing costs at grocery stores and local businesses. He also strongly criticized Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran.

• “You go to the gas pump today, you try and fill up your car and you’re paying at least $4.20, $4.30 a gallon,” Shapiro said. “Diesel’s up over six bucks. And the reality is, you can draw a straight line between the president’s wrong-headed decision to go into a war in Iran, a war we shouldn’t have been in the first place. He had no reason for going in.”

• But if Democrats win the Senate and give Shapiro a governing trifecta, he pledged Thursday night the first thing Pennsylvania Democrats would do is raise the minimum wage to $15/hour.

• Following his speech Thursday night, Shapiro was asked about how his past experiences have impacted his approach to leading the state and running for reelection.

• “I think public service is a privilege and it’s a public trust,” Shapiro told the Eagle. “And you have to earn that trust every day. And I earn that trust by showing up, by listening and by delivering for people. Making sure I make their lives better. Put a few bucks more in their pocket. Create jobs in their communities. Make sure their rights and freedoms are protected. That’s the work I do…I must tell you, I’m more energized today than ever before.”

KYW: Gov. Shapiro and Elizabeth Moro rally ahead of November elections

• Democrats Governor Shapiro and Elizabeth Moro rallied in Chester County over the weekend to energize supporters for the upcoming midterm elections.

• Dozens of people crammed into a small barn in Chadds Ford on Sunday as Shapiro criticized the Trump administration for the Iran War and federal funding cuts.

• “Over 200,000 Pennsylvanians are losing access to food assistance,” he said. “Think about that cruelty.”

• Millions of Americans lost access to SNAP benefits when federal policy changes took effect last year.

• The rally framed the midterm elections as a referendum on the current administration, which Shapiro called, “Chaotic, cruel and corrupt.”

• Supporters like Pat Chapman agree that a lot is at stake in November.

• “Freedom for people to get our lives back together,” Chapman said. “It’s ridiculous how we have to live now. The poor are the poor.”

• Shapiro and Moro pledged to expand housing and raise the minimum wage if they win in November.

• [Moro] and other Democrats in Harrisburg are seeking to keep control of the House and flip the Senate in the upcoming election.

Chaddsford Live: Governor stumps for Moro

• The Elizabeth Moro campaign to unseat state Rep. Craig Williams got a boost Sunday when Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro came to town endorsing her. This is the second time Moro, a democrat, is challenging the Republican incumbent for the 160th Legislative District seat.

• “I’m running to flip the seat, to help Gov. Shapiro lower healthcare costs, continue to grow our economy, invest in education and get stuff done,” [Moro] said.

• “[Craig Williams is] not showing up for his community,” Moro said. “And after the last election, I spent all of last year just talking with community leaders, everyone from the fire companies to the libraries, to our local leaders around the area, and they just feel like he doesn’t answer their phone calls, and he doesn’t show up…I’ve already proven to this community that I show up no matter with office or without, and that I will do the right thing. I love my community, my life has been about service even if it’s not being in office,” she said.

• “I am so grateful to be back with Elizabeth, someone who is dedicating herself to her neighbors, with no career in public service,” Shapiro said. “And I want you to know there is enthusiasm for Elizabeth. There is a belief that she can win and, what I’m seeing all across Chester County, really all across Pennsylvania, is that folks are fired up, and also that folks are also fed up.”

• He also spoke about corruption, with the president making millions through insider trading.

• “I need allies like Elizabeth Moro…I know that if Elizabeth is there, she will support my executive order to stop these data centers from wreaking havoc…I know that if Elizabeth is there, we will raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour, and we will codify abortion rights and protect our LGBTQ community.”

• He summed up by saying he knows Moro will be there because “she has a servant’s heart, because she is someone that I know the community believes in and supports, and she desperately wants to serve you.”

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