Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has declined to tell The Daily Signal whether he will sign or veto a measure to protect women from unfair competition in sports, after the bill passed the state Senate in a bipartisan vote Tuesday.
The Daily Signal reached out multiple times and connected twice with a staffer, but Shapiro’s office did not provide a response by the deadline. Shapiro has previously opposed a substantially similar bill.
“This bill is nothing more than cruel, designed to discriminate against transgender youth who just want to play sports like their peers,” he wrote in 2021. “Our [Governor Wolf] will veto this & defend our LGBTQ+ community — but *this* is the GOP’s vision for Pennsylvania.”
Shapiro may be declining to take a stand on the issue due to presidential ambitions.
Senate Bill 9, the Save Women’s Sports Act, passed the Senate,…
