“These are tragedies, and four families are grieving. Pennsylvania was experiencing the worst measles outbreak in the country with 693 recorded cases in 38 of 67 counties. This serious situation continues to be made worse by RFK Jr. playing games with public health and safety.
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Governor of Pennsylvania • Pennsylvania
Governor of Pennsylvania since 2023.
Statements (8)
“This technology is powerful, with great potential to do good, and yet it comes with extraordinary risk. … [These warnings are a] bright red flashing light telling the President and Congress they need to act now to regulate and rein in AI development. … Its development should not be steered exclusively by private entities, especially when the CEOs of those companies are calling out for restraint and regulation. It's long past time for our federal government to step up, take this seriously, and put up some guardrails — both here at home and on the global stage.
“I'm focused on my work, my work here in Chester, all across Pennsylvania. … I'm not going to get distracted by anyone in that effort.
“I would welcome bipartisan legislation to ban these across the state. This is not something in the public interest.
“Unfortunately at a time where I needed the top 'health expert' in the nation to responsibly work with us to deal with this outbreak, he instead chose to go down a rabbit hole of conspiracy theories and false claims.
“Folks are spreading skepticism about things like the MMR vaccine without any evidence to back up their claims. There's real-life consequences to spreading misinformation. There's real-life consequences to scaring people and not relying on actual doctors and actual medical professionals to provide unbiased information to parents so that we can make reasonable decisions for our kids.
“I was very, very blunt with him, and I made very clear that his actions and the rhetoric that's coming from this administration are having a negative impact on communities across America, particularly right here in Pennsylvania.
“SCOTUS decision does NOT deal with the substance of Trump's unconstitutional Executive Order and does not mean his illegal attempt to restrict mail-in voting will go forward.