Overview
- At a Friday Philadelphia news conference, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro called JD Vance a "total phony" and said the vice president "doesn’t give a damn about all Americans."
- Shapiro’s remarks followed Vance labeling a federal directive to release November SNAP funding "absurd."
- The governor accused Vance of profiting from Appalachian stories and then turning his back on communities that rely on food assistance.
- Invoking his faith, Shapiro argued leaders have a duty to feed the hungry and called Vance’s stance shameful.
- Shapiro said Pennsylvania is pressing its legal case and deploying state help by funding Share and restoring dollars to residents’ SNAP cards, as clips of his rebuke drew wide attention online.