Where are Our Leaders? A Conversation with Governor Josh Shapiro

The PoliticsGirl Podcast

MeidasTouch Network, Leigh McGowan

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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America needs leaders who will oppose the cruelty, chaos and corruption that we’re seeing today. Leaders who won’t be booed at the Olympics or blame their own citizens for getting shot. Governor Shapiro reminds us that now is not the time to pull the covers over our heads or check out from the news, but the time to reengage in the American experiment because, ultimately, it really is the people who have the power to stop this. As always, if you find worth in what we do, please consider SUBSCRIBING to PoliticsGirl Premium. You’ll get this podcast ad free, along with a bunch of other perks, like the rants directly to your inbox and the knowledge that you’re making this kind of highly researched, factual information possible. If that interests you, please go to https://www.politicsgirl.com/premium and subscribe today!! Thank you so much! xoPG As always, please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue, and inspire change moving forward! All show links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl Guest Link: https://www.pa.gov/governor @GovernorShapiro This episode is sponsored by… https://wildgrain.com/politicsgirl https://joindeleteme.com/politicsgirl code: politicsgirl https://laundrysauce.com code: politicsgirl20 https://cheershealth.com code: politicsgirl

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0:00.0	The greatest power we all have as Americans is the power to vote.
0:03.7	And I do think people need to turn out.
0:05.5	I think it needs to be a national referendum.
0:08.9	Don't just turn out if you're in a swing district or a swing state like mine.
0:13.3	Turn out.
0:13.8	Send a clear message that you do not like what's going on.
0:18.3	Make this a referendum on the chaos, the cruelty, and the corruption in Washington, D.C.
0:23.8	And I think if people do that, they're going to realize they've got great power and they can change the trajectory of this great country.
0:44.3	Hello, and welcome to the Politics Girl podcast. I'm your host Lee McGowan. Let's get into it.
0:50.4	So it is hard to be a moral, ethical, law-abiding American right now and not feel traumatized.
0:55.1	I think a lot of us felt the booze directed at our vice president at the opening of the Olympics this weekend. NBC might have edited out the crowd's response to American leadership,
1:00.0	but the internet is forever, and the world clearly saw what most of us do, that we are being
1:05.0	ruled by leaders without a care for their own people or the people of the world. A collection of
1:10.4	bullies, sycophants, and sadists, brutalizing their own people or the people of the world. A collection of bullies, sycophants, and sadists,
1:12.7	brutalizing their own people at home while changing the world order internationally.
1:17.4	And while that Olympic crowd was kind to our athletes, the sentiment did not extend to our government
1:22.4	representatives. Which is why today I'm speaking with an American representative who does have the respect of the people he governs,
1:29.4	a leader who is not only looking out for the people of his state, but the state of his country.
1:34.2	As the federal government becomes more lawless, I believe it is increasingly important to stand behind strong state leadership.
1:41.4	So today, the leader I'm going to speak to is Pennsylvania's governor, Josh Shapiro.
1:46.1	This is the guy who, after someone tried to burn his house down with him and his family in it,
1:51.3	he came out and said, violence has no place in our society, regardless of what motivates it.
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