{"id":101655,"date":"2026-01-31T15:45:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T15:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/101655\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T15:45:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T15:45:32","slug":"pennsylvania-gov-josh-shapiro-slams-biden-harris-for-failing-to-show-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/101655\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Gov Josh Shapiro slams Biden-Harris for failing to show progress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender, is criticizing former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Joe Biden<\/a> and his administration for failing to deliver results for Americans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;The Biden-Harris administration didn&#8217;t provide those specific tangible things that people could see or feel,&#8221; Shapiro said this week during an appearance on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VWmsg9V5NtM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;Raging Moderates&#8221; podcast<\/a> that comes amid a slew of interviews the governor&#8217;s giving as part of the rollout of his new memoir, &#8220;Where We Keep the Light: Stories From a Life of Service.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro, who is running for re-election this year in the crucial northeastern battleground state, has taken some jabs at Biden and former Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kamala Harris<\/a>, who may end up being a rival for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination.<\/p>\n<p>The governor, in his interview, gave what he called &#8220;a very specific, concrete example&#8221; of the Biden-Harris administration&#8217;s failing optics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/josh-shapiro-rejects-the-view-co-host-claiming-his-book-response-harris-criticism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SHAPIRO REJECTS CLAIM HIS BOOK IS A RESPONSE TO KAMALA HARRIS CRITICISM<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769874331_202_pennsylvania-governor-josh-shapiro.jpg\" alt=\"Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Josh Shapiro, governor of Pennsylvania, during a re-election campaign kickoff event in Philadelphia Jan. 8, 2026 (Rachel Wisniewski\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the biggest things holding back our rural communities is a lack of high-speed, affordable internet,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/person\/s\/josh-shapiro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Shapiro said<\/a> as he pointed to his home state.<\/p>\n<p>The governor added that he &#8220;was incredibly proud of President Biden when they got that infrastructure bill passed to provide the billions of dollars that were needed to plug everybody in, connect everybody in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>But, he added, &#8220;Do you know how many people &#8230; this many years later, have been connected to high-speed affordable internet thanks to President Biden\u2019s law in Pennsylvania? Zero. Because the dollars were never driven out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/josh-shapiro-accuses-harris-vetting-team-making-disrespectful-commentary-towards-his-wife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">JOSH SHAPIRO ACCUSES HARRIS&#8217; VETTING TEAM OF MAKING DISRESPECTFUL COMMENTARY TOWARDS HIS WIFE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shapiro used the episode to contrast the former president&#8217;s style of governing with his own.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That broadband example is just one where I think there&#8217;s a real difference in approach. I&#8217;m about concrete, get s&#8212; done, show your work and not just talking about it,&#8221; the governor added.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital reached out to the former president&#8217;s spokesperson for comment but hadn&#8217;t received a response by the time this story published.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/president-joe-biden-pennsylvania-governor-josh-shapiro.jpg\" alt=\"President Joe Biden and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro in 2023\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden looks on as Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro delivers remarks after a briefing on Interstate 95 highway emergency repair and reconstruction efforts in Philadelphia June 17, 2023. (Julia Nikhinson\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>But a longtime Democratic strategist and veteran of the Biden-Harris 2024 presidential campaign told Fox News Digital he found Shapiro&#8217;s comments &#8220;pretty weird and bizarre.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every Democrat, including Josh Shapiro, has a long record of praising and defending Joe Biden and the same legislation that Shapiro is now taking issue with,&#8221; the strategist, who asked to remain anonymous to speak more freely, said.<\/p>\n<p>Broadband funding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">for Pennsylvania<\/a> was delayed in part due to federal rules changes, administrative bottlenecks and shifting technology focus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/white-house-race-underway-2026-looming-both-parties-already-playing-2028\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">IT&#8217;S JANUARY 2026, BUT THE 2028 WHITE HOUSE RACE IS WELL UNDERWAY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shapiro, in his book, shared new details about briefly considering challenging Harris for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination after Biden dropped out of the race one month after a disastrous debate performance against President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>But he wrote that he ultimately agreed with his wife that it wasn&#8217;t the right time to seek the presidency.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/josh-shapiro-kamala-harris.jpg\" alt=\"Josh Shapiro and Kamala Harris\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, left, speak to the press while making a stop at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia July 13, 2024. (Ryan Collerd\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro was among a handful of top Democrats that Harris considered as a running mate before she chose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.<\/p>\n<p>The former vice president alleged in &#8220;107 Days,&#8221; her memoir published last year, that, during the running mate vetting process, Shapiro insisted on being &#8220;in the room for every decision&#8221; if he were to become vice president.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shapiro in an interview late last year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/tevi-troy-shapiros-revenge-once-again-reveals-kamala-harris-incompetence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">rejected her claims<\/a> as &#8220;bulls&#8212;&#8221; and &#8220;blatant lies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And Shapiro\u2019s book includes critiques of Harris, including the accusation that, during the Harris team\u2019s vice-presidential vetting process, Shapiro was asked if he had ever been an agent of the state of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News&#8217; Alexander Hall contributed to this story.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pennsylvania Gov. 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