{"id":2524424,"date":"2025-12-23T16:57:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T21:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacy-garritys-campaign-releases-new-ominous-ad-targeting-josh-shapiro\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T17:00:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:00:34","slug":"stacy-garritys-campaign-releases-new-ominous-ad-targeting-josh-shapiro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacy-garritys-campaign-releases-new-ominous-ad-targeting-josh-shapiro\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacy Garrity&#8217;s campaign releases new ominous ad targeting Josh Shapiro"},"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%2Fstacy-garritys-campaign-releases-new-ominous-ad-targeting-josh-shapiro%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=2524424&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>Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity released a 90-second, trailer-style campaign ad called &#8220;twilight Justice&#8221; that cryptically suggests she has damaging information about Gov. Josh Shapiro as she eyes a 2026 gubernatorial challenge. The moody video follows a masked woman moving through a shadowy version of Pennsylvania, flipping through files while images and Shapiro&#8217;s name flash onscreen; it ends with &#8220;streaming early 2026.&#8221; Garrity&#8217;s media consultant says the spot was inspired by a Hulu true-crime series about the controversial death of Ellen Greenberg, a case critics say was mishandled when Shapiro was attorney general and which remains the subject of legal challenges.The campaign plans to push the series-style content across social and streaming platforms &#8211; including short clips for Instagram &#8211; instead of relying on traditional TV ads. Shapiro, a popular Democratic governor with a record of bipartisan accomplishments and rumored national ambitions, has not responded to requests for comment. The ad underscores the high stakes in Pennsylvania,a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-more-votes-than-voters-in-key-swing-states\/\" title=\"Trump: More Votes Than Voters in Key Swing States\">key swing state<\/a>,ahead of the 2026 contest.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/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 dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\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\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Stacy Garrity&rsquo;s campaign releases new ominous ad targeting Josh Shapiro<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2140545\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\">Pennsylvania<\/a> Treasurer&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/garrityforpa.com\/\">Stacy Garrity<\/a>, a Republican seeking to defeat Gov.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/josh-shapiro\/\"> Josh Shapiro<\/a> (D-PA) in 2026, released a 90-second video that cryptically says she has enough dirt on the sitting governor to defeat him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RMIE9YkKb2Q\">The advertisement<\/a>, which looks more like a streaming series trailer than a traditional campaign&nbsp;spot,&nbsp;follows a mysterious&nbsp;female figure moving through a dark, stylized version of Pennsylvania&rsquo;s underworld, flipping through documents&nbsp;and pulling digital files as ominous&nbsp;music swells in the background.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4356642\/bruce-blakeman-abortion-rights-stance-gop-gubernatorial-front-runner\/\">New York Republicans ponder Bruce Blakeman&#8217;s abortion-rights stance as GOP&#8217;s gubernatorial front-runner<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4356755\/judge-rules-california-schools-cant-hide-student-gender-identity-parents\/\">Judge rules California schools cannot hide student gender identity from parents<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4356661\/gallup-poll-political-figures-underwater-approval-ratings\/\">Poll finds every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-finds-every-major-political-figure-underwater-in-approval\/\" title=\"Poll finds every major political figure underwater in approval\">major political figure underwater<\/a> in approval<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity speaks to the audience after taking the oath of office for her second four-year term in January 2025. (AP Photo\/Marc Levy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The advertisement, called <em>Twilight Justice<\/em>, shows the woman riding a bike, face covered, getting on the subway, going into her apartment, and locking the doors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She says, &ldquo;You will never know my name or ever see my face. I always hide in the shadows. It&rsquo;s the only way I can stay safe from retaliation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She goes on to ask, &ldquo;Why? I expose terrible lies. I unmask the corrupt, and I make it available for all to see.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The narrator then says, &ldquo;My latest target? Let&rsquo;s just say for one politician, it&rsquo;s time to buckle up, sir. Go ahead, underestimate me. It&rsquo;s amazing what you can learn when you hide in the shadows.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the video, images of Shapiro flash on screen, or his name appears.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It ends with the words &ldquo;Twilight Justice [streaming early 2026].&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) speaks at the swearing-in ceremony of state Treasurer Stacy Garrity, Jan. 21, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo\/Marc Levy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Garrity campaign media consultant John Brabender said he was inspired to give the campaign advertisement an eerie&nbsp;vibe after the Hulu docuseries, &ldquo;Death in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen Greenberg,&rdquo; which investigates the controversial death of a 27-year-old Pennsylvania woman that was ruled a suicide. Shapiro received criticism for his handling of the Greenberg case while attorney general, but he has long defended his actions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Greenberg, who was an elementary school teacher, was found dead in her Philadelphia&nbsp;home in 2011 with 20 stab wounds from a large knife. <\/p>\n<p>The medical&nbsp;examiner initially ruled it was a suicide, a ruling Greenberg&rsquo;s parents dispute to this day. They believe she was murdered and said the state should have looked more closely at the evidence, which included bruises as well as the location of her stab wounds. They have spent years trying to change the cause of death and force an investigation into what they believe was the murder of their daughter. The Greenbergs have a lawsuit pending before the state Supreme Court, aiming to overturn the suicide ruling.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When Shapiro was the state&rsquo;s attorney general, his office reviewed the case, and a lower court judge acknowledged that the investigation was &ldquo;deeply flawed.&rdquo; However, the cause of death was not overturned, and critics have continued to comb through Shapiro&rsquo;s time as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-trump-campaign-says-clark-county-registrar-joe-gloria-hiding-from-subpoena-service\/\" title=\"Nevada: Trump ... Says Clark County Registrar Joe Gloria Hiding From Subpoena Service\">state attorney general<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The series Brabender is producing for Garrity&rsquo;s campaign will also be available on other social media platforms, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >including short-form content<\/a> on Instagram, where most young voters obtain their information these days.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Skipping traditional television spots to focus more on social media is a shift in how campaigns target voters, Fuyuan Shen, head of the Department of Advertising\/Public Relations at the Penn State Donald Bellisario College of Communications, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc27.com\/pennsylvania-governor-election\/garrity-campaign-turns-to-streaming-in-race-against-shapiro\/\">told<\/a> ABC27.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve definitely seen more ads like stories because of social media,&rdquo; Shen added. &ldquo;Oftentimes, that&rsquo;s mixed with other information that&rsquo;s difficult to sort out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro,&nbsp;who won his 2022&nbsp;gubernatorial&nbsp;campaign by double digits, has&nbsp;become&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\">Pennsylvania<\/a>&lsquo;s&nbsp;most popular politician by insisting that the government can still deliver for the people.&nbsp;He has a record that backs it up,&nbsp;including cutting bipartisan deals, reducing homelessness, and reopening a collapsed stretch of highway in just 12 days.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro, who is rumored to be eyeing a&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a>&nbsp;bid, has surged back into the spotlight, first by&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/2025\/12\/josh-shapiro-pennsylvania-trump-president-election\/684991\/\">pushing back<\/a>&nbsp;on former&nbsp;Vice President&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\">Kamala Harris<\/a>&lsquo;s&nbsp;new book, then by strongly weighing in on the political violence spreading across the country. He has also taken&nbsp;President&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;to task over divisive policies and a sluggish economy while meticulously building a national profile based on results and electability.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania, a critical swing state, is a near necessity for Democrats if they hope to win in 2028. It has the largest electoral prize among the key battleground states, and the last three presidential elections have been decided there by very tight margins. Trump won Pennsylvania in 2016 and 2024, while former President&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\">Joe Biden<\/a>&nbsp;won in 2020. Shapiro was floated as a possible running mate for Harris in 2024, but she ultimately went with Gov.&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\">Tim Walz&nbsp;<\/a>(D-MN). Harris&rsquo;s 107-day sprint to the White House&nbsp;ended in disaster for Democrats, an outcome the party is eager to avoid repeating.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3906780\/shapiro-lost-his-cool-learning-harris-book-complete-bulls\/\">JOSH SHAPIRO LOST HIS COOL AFTER LEARNING ABOUT HARRIS&rsquo;S BOOK: &lsquo;COMPLETE BULLS***&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, before Shapiro announces a White House bid, he will have to survive Garrity&rsquo;s challenge for the governor&rsquo;s seat in the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>An email seeking comment from Shapiro on Garrity&rsquo;s campaign advertisement was not returned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garrity releases ominous ad against Shapiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2646,"featured_media":2524425,"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\/2025\/12\/SUSAN-GARRITY-.jpeg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[69342,37061,45299,61457],"class_list":["post-2524424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-attack-ad","tag-josh-shapiro","tag-pennsylvania-politics","tag-stacy-garrity"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SUSAN-GARRITY-.jpeg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524424","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\/2646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2524424"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2524428,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524424\/revisions\/2524428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2524425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2524424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2524424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2524424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}