Josh Shapiro full speech at Harris-Walz rally: 'I ain't going back'

[Applause] w thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you I love you Philly and you know what else I love I love being your Governor thank you very much you all y'all feel my heart and I love you so much and I want you to know every single day I go to work for you I put my shoulder to the wheel and I focus on three simple letters in our alphabet G S D I focus on getting done for all of you thank you thank you thank you and I want you to know I am going to continue to pour my heart and soul into serving you every single day as your governor and and I'm going to be working my tail off to make sure we make kamla Harris and Tim Walls the next leaders of the United States of America that's right let me tell you let me tell you about my friend kamla Harris someone I've been friends with for two decades she is courtroom tough she has a big heart and she is Battle tested and ready to [Applause] go whether in a courtroom whether fighting as attorney general whether remembering the people who have often times been left behind when she was sitting in the halls of power in the Senate KLA Harris has always understood that you got to be every day for the people for the people and she has served with honesty she has served with dignity and every step of the way she's broken barriers to serve all of us now now phly hear me on this that's a hell of a stark contrast from the guy running on the other side oh y'all y'all know who I'm talking about I guess you see we remember here in Philly what it was like when Donald Trump was our president you remember when he was president it was more chaos fewer jobs and less Freedom you see Philly I know y'all we walk around with a little bit of a chip on our shoulder because we remember right and we remember that it was Donald Trump that ripped away the freedom of millions of American women to make decisions over their own body we remember that we remember [Applause] that we're not going back we are not going back and here's the thing we don't want to go back but but let's go back for a second just remember let's just remember cuz I think there's some folks out there that still have a little bit of brain fog remembering having a hard time remembering what it was like now listen he brought all that chaos and limited our freedoms back when he was president and let's be honest didn't know what the hell he was doing he didn't but this is serious gang he knows what he's doing now he does and the Supreme Court that he packed the Supreme Court that he has packed has ruled that he is above the law he is outside of the law and now he's got a clear plan they all wrote it down in that whole project 2020 5 [Applause] thing and they got a clear plan to take away more of our freedoms they got a clear plan to use the justice department to go against our enemies they got a clear plan to isolate Us in the world and let me tell you something I ain't going back I am not going back I'm not and neither do you want to go back we are not going back we're not going back no we're not and not only are we not going back we're not going into the future with Donald Trump not going in the future with him a guy who has made clear he's told us what he wants to do more chaos less freedom and yo friends it was my Angelou who said it when they tell you who they are yeah I believe them and I don't want to see that and Donald Trump well he's now got a partner with him y'all see that guy yeah JD Vans he's not he's not exactly off to a good start I think we can all agree on that but I think part of the reason why he's not off to a good start is this and it's serious he doesn't know who he is and he's not being honest with himself so he can't be honest with the American people he [Applause] can't now so so if if if I hear you right and I think I do you're chanting he's a weirdo which means man I love you Philly which means if you're chanting he's a weirdo then you heard of my good friend and our next vice president Tim wal because Tim Walls in his beautiful Midwestern plainspoken way he summed up JD Vance the best he's a weirdo and I want to talk I want to talk about Tim Walls because Philly in a minute he's going to come out here and I want you to give him a whole lot of love Tim Walls is a great man Tim Walls is an outstanding Governor Tim Walls is a teacher Tim Walls is a Guardsman Tim Walls is a great Patriot he is and I'll tell you I tell you what else I'll tell you what else Tim Walls is a dear friend and I want you to know Lori and I feel blessed to have Tim and Gwen in our lives they are outstanding public servants and I can't wait for you Philly the rest of this Commonwealth and our entire country to get the chance to know the walls is the next vice president and second Lady of this Nation now I think I think it is fitting and it is special that KLA Harris and Tim Walls have chosen to launch their campaign right here in Philadelphia in the City of Brotherly Love and sisterly affection and and importantly they chose to launch their campaign right here in the birthplace of real Freedom you know the other side Trump and his sick of fans let me tell you something they love to talk a good game about Freedom right they they love to cloak thems eles in the blanket of Freedom all the time they love to talk a good game but hear me on this it's not freedom to tell our children what books they're allowed to read That's not Freedom it's not it's not it's not freedom to say you can go to work but you can't join a union that's not Freedom it's not freedom to tell women what they're allowed to do with their bodies that's not Freedom it's not it's not it is not no it's not it is not and it won't be that way when KLA Harris is our president and it's sure as hell isn't freedom to say you can go vote vote but he's going to pick the winner that is not Freedom that's not what Patriots have fought for over the years it is not you know what we are for you know what comma Harrison Tim Walls are for they are for real Freedom they are the kind of real Freedom that comes when we look that young girl in North Philly in the eye and we invest in her public school cuz we believe in her we believe in real Freedom the kind of Freedom that comes when we invest in our police and we invest in our communities because we believe that young girl should walk to and from school safely and back to her mama at the end of the night we believe in real Freedom where the young girl can grow up and be whatever she wants she can be a welder she can go to college she can be who she is that is real freedom and that is what we are fighting for we believe in the kind of real Freedom where she grows up in a community where she can breathe clean air and drink clean water and know that she will leave an environment to the Next Generation that is great for her kids and her grandkids and and KLA Harris and Tim Walls believe in a real Freedom where you can marry who you love and be who you are now freedom freedom is on the ballot and our fundamental freedoms are at risk and I know I know when it's at risk it's easy to feel uneasy and it's easy to get down but let me tell you something Philly let me tell you something Pennsylvania let me tell you something America I am more optimistic than ever before and the reason the reason I'm more optimistic than ever before is because of all of you and because of what a band of Patriots started here in our taverns and our town squares and at Independence Hall just a couple miles from here nearly two and a half centuries ago you see they came together they came together to declare our independence from a king and we're not going back to a King and we're not going back and when they declared that independence from a king they came together and they said we are going to form a union and over the last 248 years the reason why I'm optimistic the reason why I'm hopeful is because as we've written this American story over the last two and a half centuries it's been ordinary Americans taking up the Baton from those those Patriots and saying we're going to do extraordinary things Octavius K understood that responsibility Cecil B Moore understood that responsibility gen Z when they're organizing and on Tick Tock understand that responsibility and I'm optimistic today because the task of perfecting our Union the task of defending our fundamental freedoms it now Falls to all of you to Freedom loving Americans all across this great country and to the good people of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who will decide this next election and understand our unique responsibility I love you too and this is a moment where we all have to understand that while we'll see KLA Harris and Tim walls' names on the ballot that this election isn't just about their names on this ballot this election is about all of you and whether or not you're willing to do this hard work to fight for our freedom whether or not you're willing to do this hard work that started here 248 eight years ago I want to just say this I lean on my family and I lean on my faith which calls me to serve and I am proud of my faith now now hear me I'm not here to preach at y'all but I want to tell you what my faith teaches me my faith teaches me that no one no one is required to complete the task but neither are we free to refrain from it that means that means that each of us has a respons responsibility to get off the sidelines to get in the game and to do our part are you ready to do your part are you ready to form a more perfect union are you ready to build an America where no matter what you look like where you come from who you love or who you pray to that this will be a place for you and are you ready to look the next president of the United States in the eye and say hello Madam president I am je so let's get to work