He fooled us all. I never would have voted for him had I known what a vile man he would become. Unfortunately Pennsylvania gags out a dozen Fettermans for every Shapiro.
Josh Shapiro sucks. He's a bland establishment type who uses his speaking style to fool people into associating him with Obama without advocating for any of the meaningful reform Obama did. He's a corporate Dem with a history of vitriolic bigotry against Palestinians.
Shapiro definitely isn’t ideal. I’m just saying that in a state that has produced people like Doug Mastriano, Dave McCormick, and Julie Greene. He’s less awful than they are.
But your comparison was to Fetterman who primarily sucks because of how he has broken away from progressives on certain issues and in his rhetoric. Shapiro holds all of Fetterman's worst positions and then some.
I'm ambivalent about him. He builds his brand of outsider populism around antagonizing everyone, not just progressives. He sucks on a number of issues, notably Gaza, but is really progressive on many issues, like supporting trans people and medicare for all.
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