Each card sums up what the candidate said across every video we indexed. Each sentence links to the clip it comes from.
Schools and education
Josh ShapiroD
Shapiro says he has invested 35% more in public schools and does not see public schools and school choice as either/or.
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Shapiro says he would sign a school choice bill that Democrats in the House and Republicans in the Senate agree on.
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Shapiro says he is very open to opting in to the federal school tax credit, and that his agencies are reviewing the federal guidance.
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“I made clear I want to see Democrats in the House and Republicans in the Senate find common ground on this issue. Put the bill on my desk and I'll sign it into law.”
Garrity supports school choice and would opt into the federal school tax credit on day one, arguing parents, not bureaucrats, should decide.
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Garrity proposes requiring grade-level reading by third grade, holding back students who cannot read, and math and reading proficiency before high school.
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Garrity argues spending rose under Shapiro while seven in ten eighth graders cannot read at grade level, and opposes his $178 million cyber charter cut.
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“I am absolutely for school choice because as I said, your zip code should not determine the success of your child”
Shapiro says public safety is a top budget priority, proposing a $30 million fire department fund and four new state trooper cadet classes.
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Shapiro cites over $200 million for fire and EMS in three years, more than 2,000 new police officers, and falling violent crime.
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Shapiro says Pennsylvania should not execute people, cites his moratorium, and says no one is being released over felony murder sentences.
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“I think one of the most important aspects of our budget is our commitment to public safety.”
Garrity supports current felony murder sentencing law, and argues Shapiro did not act or call lawmakers back after the state Supreme Court ruling.
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Garrity wants the House to pass the bipartisan sentencing bill the state Senate passed.
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Garrity says rising crime is mainly in Philadelphia and somewhat in Pittsburgh.
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“So, we have seconddegree felony murders that the state supreme court ruled that it was unconstitutional to sentence them to life without parole.”
Shapiro says he is open to a voter ID bill, and asks Republicans for one that does not force eligible voters off the rolls.
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Shapiro says Trump and allies, including Garrity, sued 43 times over 2020, and that Pennsylvania refused a DOJ demand for private voter data.
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Shapiro says winning a Democratic U.S. House is the way to stop Trump's policies, and that Democrats must deliver results, not performative politics.
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“I've asked Republicans to actually send me a bill that doesn't force people off the roles who are otherwise legal eligible voters.”
Garrity pledges to pass voter ID and clean the voter rolls, and argues real leadership means calling legislative leaders to negotiate.
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Garrity says she would share voter data with the Trump administration, as red states have, and run Pennsylvania's own audits to root out fraud.
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Garrity says Joe Biden was president after 2020, rejects Shapiro's claim about her certifying elections, and says both sides should tone down rhetoric.
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“we would go ahead and clean up our voter rolls anyway and we would pass voter ID because we need to make it easy to vote and hard to cheat.”
Shapiro says his executive order requires data centers to generate their own power, protect air and water, and win local approval before permits.
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Shapiro says a moratorium is only a timeline, and that a community that does not want a data center will not get one.
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Shapiro wants legislation, regulatory changes and more law enforcement on AI deepfakes, and says schools must do more to educate parents and students.
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“If you want to build a data center in Pennsylvania, you've got to generate your own power and the developers and the tech companies have to pay for it.”
Garrity says she has called for a pause, not a moratorium, on data centers so communities can update zoning and protect ratepayers.
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Garrity says data centers should bring or pay for their own power, and argues the Amazon deal lacked transparency on those conditions.
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Garrity proposes a Pennsylvania office of innovation reporting to the governor to use AI to make state government more efficient.
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“And no, I have not called for a moratorium. I have called on a pause.”
Shapiro says he goes to court when Trump administration actions harm Pennsylvania, and has filed 19 lawsuits without losing one.
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Shapiro argues the executive has gained more power than the founders wanted, and says the vice president's remarks are designed to divide Americans.
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Shapiro says Trump's Minneapolis deployment erodes trust between police and community, and wants Congress to pay TSA agents now.
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“I've filed 19 lawsuits so far. Haven't lost a single one. Returned over $3 billion of taxpayer money to the Commonwealth that the Trump administration has tried to strip away.”
“I have shown an ability to take this administration to court and win and stop some of the negative actions that they were attempting to put in our direction.”
Garrity pledges to work with the Trump administration instead of suing it, arguing Shapiro has sued the president almost 30 times at taxpayer cost.
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Garrity says her only oath is to the Constitution, and that some tariffs have helped manufacturing while others have not.
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Garrity argues Shapiro blames President Trump for the state's problems.
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“I will work with the Trump administration unlike Josh Shapiro who has sued the president almost 30 times now.”
Shapiro opposes the federal bill cutting Medicaid and SNAP, saying 510,000 Pennsylvanians will lose coverage and no state can make up the cuts.
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Shapiro argues Garrity urged passage of that bill and stands with RFK Jr., and says 1,078 Pennsylvanians have measles and five have died.
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Shapiro says he pushed for mental health parity in all insurance and for school counselors, which students tell him they need most.
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“A bill that was passed in Washington DC to slash funding for Medicaid and SNAP in rural hospitals, all to give people at the very top who didn't need it a tax cut.”
“Every governor of every state is dealing with these cuts and there are no states that have the ability to make up the billions and billions and billions of dollars of cuts”
Shapiro says Pennsylvania has secured more private investment in three years than in the prior 15 years combined.
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Shapiro cites the first state economic development plan in 20 years, a focus on permitting, and $30 million the state committed to win Burlington's headquarters.
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Shapiro wants a $15 minimum wage, saying Pennsylvania has not raised it in 16 years and every neighboring state is higher.
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“We have secured more private sector investment, more economic development in the last three years than the prior 15 years combined in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.”
Garrity says Pennsylvania ranks 38th economically, 39th in education and 41st overall, with 3,000 deficient bridges and a C-minus infrastructure grade.
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Garrity says Pennsylvania ranks in the top 10 for spending despite those rankings.
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Garrity proposes ending turnpike transfers, demanding transit accountability, cutting delays and using AI to predict maintenance needs.
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“Pennsylvania ranks 38th economically, 39th in education, and 41st overall.”
No answer on record about this in the 9 videos we indexed.
Stacy GarrityR
Garrity wants the Shapiro administration to end its drilling moratorium, and says natural gas development would bring jobs and billions in tax revenue.
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Garrity says no new power generation in 12 years drives high electric bills, and pledges to cut bills 25% in year one.
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Garrity proposes an LNG export facility and fewer regulations, and argues Shapiro's plan keeps cap-and-trade and a setback study would effectively ban fracking.
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“Pennsylvania can power the world, but only if the Shapiro administration stops its moratorium on drilling.”
Shapiro says he will sue to stop unlawful federal troop deployments, keep the National Guard under state command, and argues ICE erodes local trust.
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Shapiro opposes two federal facilities planned in Pennsylvania, says the state was not told beforehand, and pledges to do everything to stop them.
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“Number one, where they deploy troops against the law. I will take them to court to stop them.”
Garrity says safe communities need cooperation at every level of law enforcement, and that ICE facilities need community buy-in, transparency and impact agreements.
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Garrity says ICE now focuses on people with convictions or deportation orders, and she is not hearing complaints of indiscriminate targeting.
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“I think you have to have cooperation at every single level of law enforcement because if you are deporting folks”
No answer on record about this in the 9 videos we indexed.
Stacy GarrityR
Garrity says she is pro-life with exceptions, and opposes using taxpayer dollars to fund abortions, citing a law on the books since 1982.
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Garrity says women should have every option and support if they keep their baby, and that changing current law is up to legislators.
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Garrity argues Shapiro backs abortion for any reason at any time, paid for by taxpayers.
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Shapiro says he is focused only on re-election, and argues Garrity broke a pledge to serve a full term as treasurer.
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Shapiro says a harassment complaint led to an independent investigation and the official resigned, and his team recommended involving the governor earlier.
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Shapiro says his mother taught him to help others, and that he chose attorney general over a U.S. Senate run to serve best.
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“The only thing I am focused on is running for re-election as governor.”
“A complaint was made. An independent investigation immediately began. And at the conclusion of that independent investigation, the individual in question immediately resigned.”
Garrity cites 30 years in the Army Reserve, three combat deployments and private-sector work, and says she is not a career politician.
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Garrity says her treasury cut PA529 fees, tripled PA ABLE assets and returned 585 military decorations to veterans or their families.
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Garrity argues Shapiro has a transparency problem, citing deleted emails, a $295,000 harassment settlement with a non-disclosure agreement, and undisclosed flight passengers.
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“During my 30 years in the Army, I served three combat deployments all to the Middle East.”
“I started missing service because I have to tell you, had I not hit my mandatory retirement date, I would have never even thought about running for state treasure.”