Governor Josh Shapiro gave a speech about political violence in America during the Global Hate Summit 2025.
Governor Josh Shapiro said that Tuesday leaders are obliged to “speak and act with moral clarity” during condemnation of political violence in America.
“In such moments I think that we are obliged to be clear and unambiguous in causing all forms of political violence and clarity that everything is bad. It should not be difficult,” Shapiro said roughly. 25-minute speech In Pittsburgh.
“Unfortunately, some of the dark corners of the Internet, up to an oval office, want to choose which cases of political violence want to condemn. Listen, doing it only further, and this hinders treatment” – he added. “There are those who hear this selective condemnation and accept it as a slip of permission to commit more violence, if it fits their narrative or just direct the other side.”
The governor gave a speech on Tuesday 5th annual Eliminate the global peak of hatredA three -day meeting, which he intends to connect people to face violence. The annual conference began in response to shooting at the synagogue of Tree of Life in the Squirrel Hill district in Pittsburgh. The attack on October 27, 2018 is the most deadly attack on Jews in America’s history.
Shapiro said that political violence and hatred that drive have become “far too common” in society today. The examples he cited in the last year included attempted murder against President Donald Trump in Butler, the murder of the general director of Unitedhealthare, Brian Thompson in New York, the murder of a former speaker from Minnesota House Melissy Hortman and her husband, Mark and the assassination of a conservative activist Charlie Kirka.
“Different places, different people, different perspectives,” said Shapiro. “One common thread: people using violence to settle political differences.”
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Shapiro also emphasized his personal experience, remembering the night that he, his family and guests were forced to evacuate Governor’s residence when she was bombardedJust a few hours after they celebrated the first night of Passover.
“Every day I thank God that we were able to safely evacuate, that no one was physically injured or, worse, killed that all employees who worked in a residence, brave police and firefighters and the first rescuers who ran towards danger were fine,” said Shapiro.
“But understanding does not mean that the attack did not leave emotional scars,” he added. “I can testify, especially as a father, the father of four children, knowing that my life choices expose them to risk.”
Preliminary interrogation renounced a man suspected of bombing the governor’s residence in April last year
Shapiro described all forms of violence as “unacceptable”, but distinguished political violence as “particularly dangerous”, saying that it is to “hurt, mutilate or kill, tries to intimidate and terrorize and remain silent.”
However, Shapiro assured the audience that he would not stop him from performing his governor’s duty.
“And for sure, if hell is not silenced,” he said.
Referring to Pennsylvania as a model, Shapiro noticed how everyone was living governors – Republicans and Democrats – and their spouses and children supported the attack.
“We will never find out, but perhaps the words they shared, the very fact that they gathered together, stopped another filled hate or inspired by hatred and reduced the temperature of the nervous community,” Shapiro said.
Former Governor Tom Corbett, a Republican, spoke before Shapiro and said that preventing hatred violence is not a biased matter.
“It requires all of us in this country and around the world, and events such as the elimination of hate show that there is a real desire to create a lasting change,” said Corbett. “Progress is possible if we meet.”
Shapiro said that censorship would not solve problems consisting in the end of political violence, but instead promoted more possibilities of peaceful and respectful dialogue.
Shapiro accuses Trump of a “unsuccessful” leadership test
After his speech, Shapiro talked to reporters for just over 10 minutes on various topics, mainly focusing on political violence.
The governor was asked if he was worried that the temperature would be more warm after Kirk’s murder.
After the answer: “Yes” he added: “I think what we need now is calm.”
He had pointed words to Trump’s current answer to Kirk’s murder in Utah last week.
“What we see now from the President of the United States and some of his allies is cherry, choosing some violence, which is fine, and a certain violence that is not right. It makes everyone less safe, and this raises the temperature instead of lowering the temperature,” said Shapiro. “This should be the moment when we should be able to stand together in universal condemnation.”
“It should not be difficult to oppose some people who celebrate the killing of Charlie Kirk and say that it is bad, and it should not be difficult to oppose people who call revenge and revenge after killing Charlie Kirk,” he added.
For Shapiro, it doesn’t matter if the comments come from the right or left, everyone should condemn this violence.
“The president once again failed this leadership test, the moral test failed and makes us less safe,” said Shapiro.
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The White House sent a statement on Tuesday afternoon, postponing Shapiro’s criticism.
“As two attempts to murder – and now watching his dear friend Charlie is murdered – no one understands the danger of political violence more than President Trump,” said the spokeswoman of the White House Abigail Jackson. “That is why, after Charlie’s murder, President Trump provided powerful and uniting comments, calling for all Americans to” get involved in American values, for which Charlie Kirk lived and died. The values ​​of freedom of speech, citizenship, law of law and patriotic devotion and love of God. ”
“But President Trump and the whole administration do not hesitate to speak the truth-the summer of the radical left are slandered their political opponents as Nazis and fascists, inspiring leftist violence,” Jackson added. “It must end.”
