{"id":2624349,"date":"2026-07-05T12:07:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-shapiro-disowns-leftward-democratic-shift-embraces-patriotism\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T12:08:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:08:51","slug":"josh-shapiro-disowns-leftward-democratic-shift-embraces-patriotism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-shapiro-disowns-leftward-democratic-shift-embraces-patriotism\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Shapiro disowns leftward Democratic shift, embraces patriotism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fjosh-shapiro-disowns-leftward-democratic-shift-embraces-patriotism%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=2624349&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 Governor Josh Shapiro criticized the far-left wing of the Democratic Party, emphasizing the importance of a patriotic and proud Democratic identity rooted in American history. During a tour of Philadelphia, he expressed his pride in the United States and its founding principles while acknowledging the need for the country to improve healthcare and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >address economic challenges<\/a>. shapiro dismissed performative Politics in Congress, suggesting it often fails to improve people&#8217;s lives and has become too focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-takes-his-kids-out-of-a-summer-camp-because-masks-werent-required\/\" title=\"Newsom Takes His Kids Out Of A Summer Camp Because Masks Weren...t Required\">social media attention<\/a>. He also addressed the presence of more progressive candidates like Darializa Avila Chevalier,noting that her district elected her with differing views,which reflect the diversity within the party. Shapiro advocates for unity and a return to customary democratic values, emphasizing the importance of delivering tangible results for Americans rather than engaging in noise and division.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/josh-shapiro\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"5122\">Josh Shapiro<\/a> (D-PA) spoke out against the rise of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"288\">Democratic Party\u2019s<\/a> left wing, giving his own pitch of a liberal patriotic party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shapiro, widely viewed as a leading contender for the Democrats\u2019 2028 presidential nominee, gave CNN host Dana Bash a patriotic-themed tour of Philadelphia in honor of the country\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/america-250\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"20120\">250th anniversary<\/a>. After visibly gushing over the history of the city where the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago, Shapiro shifted into pitching his image of a Democratic Party that was proud of its historical roots, implicitly targeting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsoms-rebrand-is-doa-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Gavin Newsom...s rebrand is DOA - Washington Examiner\">ascendant left wing<\/a> of the party.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4635367\/socialists-kamala-harris-2028\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Will the socialist revolution come for Kamala Harris?<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4633829\/joe-concha-torches-kamala-harris-2028-elections\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Joe Concha torches Kamala Harris for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-the-socialist-revolution-come-for-kamala-harris\/\" title=\"Will the ... come for ...?\">courting socialist wave<\/a>, then turns fire on Republicans<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4629598\/no-shot-whatsoever-socialist-president-2028-elections-joe-concha\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>\u2018No shot whatsoever\u2019 can a socialist become president in 2028: Joe Concha<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWell, I\u2019m a proud, patriotic\u00a0American. I think we live in the\u00a0greatest country on the face of\u00a0the Earth, and we have a lot of\u00a0work to do to make sure that the\u00a0promise of liberty that you and\u00a0I talked about across the street\u00a0is something that everyone can\u00a0enjoy,\u201d Shapiro said in response to a poll showing only 12% of Kamala Harris voters were \u201cextremely proud\u201d to be an American.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4634849\/kamala-harris-socialists-byron-york\/\">\u2018NOT A SURPRISE\u2019 HARRIS REACHED OUT TO SOCIALISTS: BYRON YORK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added some liberal caveats to this, saying the U.S. had to fix the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/healthcare\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8776\">healthcare system<\/a> and confront economic challenges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo while I am proud to be a\u00a0patriotic American, I\u2019m proud to\u00a0live in this country, I\u2019m also\u00a0mindful that we have work to do,\u00a0and I don\u2019t think that\u2019s\u00a0mutually exclusive. I think one\u00a0of the things that the founders\u00a0made clear is that we were going\u00a0to be a nation that was a work\u00a0in progress, and we have a lot\u00a0of work to do,\u201d Shapiro said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pennsylvania Democrat took aim at the party\u2019s left wing in denouncing \u201cperformative politics that just makes noise but doesn\u2019t make anybody\u2019s life better,\u201d a comment he made clear was referring to this group when pressed on what he meant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"31\">Congress<\/a> of the\u00a0United States has largely been\u00a0about performative politics. And\u00a0yeah, I think you\u2019ve seen people\u00a0largely on both extremes that\u00a0engage in performative politics\u00a0that might get some likes on\u00a0Twitter, might, and I mean this\u00a0respectfully, get your attention\u00a0in the media, but doesn\u2018t\u00a0actually make someone\u2018s life\u00a0better,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shapiro was asked about Darializa Avila Chevalier, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America who won the Democratic nomination, who has drawn headlines for previously advocating for abolishing prisons and police and implementing open borders. Bash asked the governor how he felt as a Democrat having someone with her views in Congress.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4630337\/josh-shapiro-great-american-state-fair-humiliating-salena-zito\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4630337\">JOSH SHAPIRO\u2019S DECISION NOT TO HAVE EXHIBIT AT GREAT AMERICAN STATE FAIR WAS \u2018HUMILIATING\u2019: SALENA ZITO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLook, her district voted for\u00a0her, but I have profound\u00a0differences from that particular\u00a0candidate based on the\u00a0citations that you read there.\u00a0And she\u2018s not someone \u2026 who seemingly I would agree with\u00a0on many things or that we share\u00a0similar values. She ran on the\u00a0Democratic ticket, I guess as a\u00a0socialist; her voters in that\u00a0district determined that she was\u00a0the one they wanted representing\u00a0her,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When pressed on the matter, he said the Democrats needed to \u201cgo through a battle about\u00a0what we believe in and then come\u00a0out unified in a way that we can\u00a0take the fight to the other side\u00a0and really deliver for the\u00a0American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shapiro criticizes Dem left, promotes patriotic party<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2624350,"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\/2026\/07\/AP26140062376256.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3685,5894,50377],"class_list":["post-2624349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democrats","tag-politics","tag-shapiro-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26140062376256.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624349","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2624349"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2624353,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624349\/revisions\/2624353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2624350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2624349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2624349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2624349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}