{"id":2294732,"date":"2024-07-14T14:59:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T18:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-urges-peaceful-political-process-after-shooting-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-14T15:00:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T19:00:16","slug":"shapiro-urges-peaceful-political-process-after-shooting-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-urges-peaceful-political-process-after-shooting-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Shapiro urges \u2018peaceful political process\u2019 after shooting &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fshapiro-urges-peaceful-political-process-after-shooting-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2294732&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro&#8217;s \u2064response to the\u2063 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a rally\u2062 in Pennsylvania. Shapiro \u2062condemned the violence \u200band called\u200b for a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-great-divide-poll-shows-many-voters-would-consider-alternative-to-democracy-view-political-violence-as-acceptable\/\" title=\"Poll: Many US Voters Open to &#039;Alternative&#039; to Democracy, Accept Political Violence\">peaceful political process<\/a> to address disagreements.\u200c He\u2062 also paid tribute to \u200dthe victims of the attack. Shapiro emphasized\u2064 the importance of\u200d reducing \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jewish-group-rescinds-award-to-politician-who-said-israel-desecrates-the-holy-land\/\" title=\"Jewish Group Rescinds Award To Politician Who Said Israel \u2018Desecrates The Holy Land\u2019\">hateful rhetoric<\/a> and working \u200ctowards a better future for the nation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob 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href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">governor<\/a> urges \u2018peaceful political process\u2019 following Trump shooting<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/rtouchberry\/\">Ramsey Touchberry<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-14T14:19:19-04:00\">July 14, 2024 2:19 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1701734\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/josh-shapiro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Josh Shapiro\">Josh Shapiro<\/a> (D-PA) on Sunday called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3081557\/fbi-identifies-trump-shooter-thomas-matthew-crooks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"assassination attempt\">assassination attempt<\/a> on former President Donald Trump at a Saturday rally in Pennsylvania \u201cshocking\u201d and urged the public to temper their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/3081586\/rhetoric-and-the-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Josh Shapiro\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trey-gowdy-shreds-democrats-impeachment-case-youre-not-going-to-win\/\" title=\"Trey Gowdy Shreds Democrats\u2019 Impeachment Case: \u2018You\u2019re Not Going To Win\u2019\">political rhetoric<\/a><\/a>, particularly in the battleground state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitical disagreements can never, ever be addressed through violence. Disagreements are okay, but we need to use a peaceful political process to settle those differences,\u201d Shapiro told reporters during a news conference. \u201cThis is a moment of possibility, responsibility to speak and act with more clarity. We\u2019re all leaders need to take down the temperature and rise above the hateful rhetoric that exists and search for a better, brighter future for this nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro also paid homage to two injured attendees, along with a third who was shot and killed by the alleged gunman. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tornadoes-ravage-the-south-midwest\/\" title=\"Tornadoes ravage the South, Midwest\">governor confirmed<\/a> the victim who was killed was 50-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3081773\/trump-rally-attendee-killed-assassination-attempt-identified-corey-comperatore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Corey Comperatore<\/a>, a former fire chief from the area, who dove on his family to protect them as shots rang out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCory was an avid supporter of the former president and was so excited to be there last night with him in the community,\u201d Shapiro said. \u201cI asked for his wife if it would be OK for me to share that we spoke. She said yes. She also asked that I share with all of you that Corey died a hero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shapiro ordered that flags in the state be flown at half-staff to honor Comperatore. The governor has not spoken with Trump directly but said he \u201cwished him well multiple times last evening through statements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The alleged gunman has been identified by law enforcement as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pennsylvania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1701734\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1701734\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro condemned the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump and emphasized the importance of using peaceful political processes to address disagreements. He also honored the victims of the shooting, including Corey Comperatore, who died protecting his family. Shapiro ordered flags in the state to be flown at half-staff in honor of Comperatore. The alleged gunman has been identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2294733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/josh-shapiro-speaks-about-trump-shooting.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[16077,35021,5013,4300,32076],"class_list":["post-2294732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-peaceful","tag-political-process","tag-shapiro","tag-shooting","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/josh-shapiro-speaks-about-trump-shooting.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2294732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2294733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2294732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2294732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2294732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}