At a press briefing on Wednesday, Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) was asked if he thought he was targeted because of his faith.
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00:00directly. You've talked about it, but to ask directly, do you believe that you were targeted
00:04because of the faith? I think that's a question for the prosecutors to determine
00:08what the mens rea, what the motivation was for this crime. It's not for me to answer.
00:13And have you asked internally how this could happen? Have you asked PSP?
00:21We're having a lot of conversations with PSP, and they are doing a number of things. Number one,
00:28having an independent review of all security measures. Number two, taking concrete steps
00:35to improve our security measures. And I have confidence that they will both learn from this,
00:45make the changes that need to be made to keep my family and the Davis family safe,
00:50and that we'll be stronger going forward.
00:53Ryan, if you had an opportunity to speak to the suspect, what would you say?
00:58I really haven't thought about that, and I trust he'll be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the
01:05law, as District Attorney Chardo has said.
01:09Do one more here.
01:10Brian, I don't mind.
01:10The fire suppression, I'm not sure if you answered that. I'm sorry.
01:13I was going to ask about the fire suppression.
01:15I'm sorry, I didn't answer that. Your question was?
01:18Was there a fire suppression system, not just in the room with the court work, but the entire?
01:22I don't know, but Secretary McNeil can provide all of that for you.
01:28Okay.
01:29I was going to ask about, Brian, in our line, said that having a fire suppression system or a sprinkler system
01:34in place would have extinguished that.
01:36Yeah.
01:37Is that going to be part of the upgrades?
01:39I don't.
01:40Secretary McNeil can answer all of those questions for you relative to the systems that were in place
01:46in the residence and what changes will be made going forward.
01:50And I'm sure Manuel can make the secretary available to all of you later today or tomorrow
01:55to answer those questions.
01:56Governor, discussing this with your children, was there a particular question that you found
02:00was challenging to answer?
02:04You know, obviously I want to keep the specifics of my conversations with my children private,
02:10but I think just in general, it's very hard as a parent to answer to children, like,
02:19why does this kind of stuff happen in life?
02:21Forget targeting me or my family or the governor's residence, but why are there people out there
02:30that want to do harm to others?
02:31Those are hard questions to answer for kids.
02:33And I don't proclaim to have a monopoly on good answers.
02:38I'm sure there are other parents out there who could do a much better job of explaining
02:43that to their kids.
02:44I think the most important thing I can do for my kids right now is to answer the specifics
02:51that I know so that they have the information they need and to just hug them a lot, kiss
02:57them a lot, and let them know that they're safe and that they're going to be okay.
03:01And just get them back into their normal routine as much as possible.
03:07Did you hear from President Trump at all after this?
03:10I haven't, no.
03:11The police said that Palmer had, that he said on a 911 call, that he will not take part in
03:19your plans for what you want to do to the Palestinian people.
03:23What do you make of that?
03:24What does that mean?
03:27I don't know.
03:27I think that's a question for prosecutors to determine what he meant by that and to
03:33prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law.
03:35Thank you, guys.
03:36Okay.
03:36Hey, I just want to say to all of you who are there Sunday and to Dad, I know we interact
03:43with one another very regularly, always trying to answer your questions.
03:46I want to say thank you for the personal sentiments that you've shared with me and my family.
03:52I appreciate that.
03:54And I appreciate the sensitivity within which you ask the questions and you all go about
03:58doing your jobs every day.
03:59So thank you.
04:01See you all later.