<p>The Pennsylvania GOP learned <em>life lesson number one</em> recently: don&#8217;t be so eager to work with the Left.</p>
<p>That knowledge came the hard way for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pennsylvania-governor-caves-to-teachers-union-on-school-choice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Keystone State Republicans</a> after Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro went back on his word that he would sign a new school choice program into law. It should not come as any surprise that a Democrat politician put some of his biggest donors, the teachers unions, ahead of students. Yet for some reason, it was a wake-up call for those in Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>Shapiro has often indicated that he supports the state GOP&#8217;s plan to fund $100 million worth of vouchers for private and public schools. That plan passed in Pennsylvania&#8217;s GOP-controlled state Senate but faced scrutiny in the state House. Democrats — and their major backers — fiercely opposed the plan. The House slowed down the budget&#8217;s passage while demanding an increase in public school funding. So, in turn, Shapiro reneged on his compromises with the GOP and used his line-item veto to strike it from the deal on Wednesday.</p>
<p>On Thursday, the Senate Republicans issued a statement, apparently dumbfounded that a Democrat would do such a thing.</p>
<p>&#8220;We negotiated in good faith and were eager to stand with Governor Shapiro on one of his priority campaign commitments — supporting school choice opportunities,&#8221; the state Senate GOP said in a statement Thursday. &#8220;Today, Governor Shapiro has decided to betray the good faith agreement we reached, leaving tens of thousands of children across Pennsylvania in failing schools.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Statement from Pennsylvania Senate Republicans: &quot;We negotiated in good faith and were eager to stand with Governor Shapiro on one of his priority campaign commitments – supporting school choice opportunities. Today, Governor Shapiro has decided to betray the good faith agreement… <a href="https://t.co/aunQgeLcbZ">pic.twitter.com/aunQgeLcbZ</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeAngelisCorey/status/1676794828552544256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Yet those who paid attention should have known that this plan was always a pipe dream.</p>
<p>Despite Shapiro voicing support for school choice, the political wing of Pennsylvania&#8217;s largest teachers union, the <a>Pennsylvania State Education Association, heavily supported Democrats in the 2022 election cycle and opposed voucher programs. </a></p>
<p>Per <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/03/17/will-teachers-unions-political-contributions-prevent-school-choice-in-pennsylvania/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Signal</a>, PSEA&#8217;s political action committee &#8220;donated $775,000 to Shapiro’s gubernatorial campaign, more than $1 million to Democratic legislative candidates, and just over $300,000 to Republicans.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;That’s a lot of money and influence for the proponents of school choice to overcome,&#8221; The Daily Signal&#8217;s Kevin Mooney predicted.</p>
<p>Indeed, PSEA president Richard Askey condemned Shapiro&#8217;s plan before the Senate even passed it.</p>
<p>Askey <a href="https://northpennnow.com/pennsylvanias-largest-teachers-union-breaks-with-gov-shapiro-over-voucher-p7028-117.htm#:~:text=In%20his%20Friday%20statement%2C%20Askey,approve%20a%20new%20spending%20plan." target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that &#8220;diverting one cent of taxpayer money to a tuition voucher scheme for private and religious schools is absolutely irresponsible, no matter what name you call it.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Democratic Party, contrary to their feigned desire for bipartisanship, is in this business to win it. They are not looking for compromise or to do the honorable thing — unless it helps their party or expands Democrat power.</p>
<p>Consider that Shapiro is the same guy who stood alongside President Joe Biden as he <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/11/05/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-democratic-national-committee-rally/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blasted</a> &#8220;MAGA Republicans&#8221; as being threats to democracy. He&#8217;s the same guy who stood by Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) as his campaign told the Pennsylvanian people that he had virtually zero health problems on the campaign trail — despite suffering from depression and the effects of a stroke. Shapiro is also the same politician who reportedly has his <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/josh-shapiro-president-future-20230117.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">eyes set on higher office</a>.</p>
<p>In light of all that, and with his potential political future on the line, why would anybody trust him to operate with integrity?</p>
<p>It should be assumed Shapiro — and every other Democratic leader — has the same animus that Biden, the de facto leader of the party, has for the GOP. The fish rots from the head down, as they say.</p>
<p>When dealing with the Left, it is best to be smart and assume the worst; good faith negotiations with the Democrats don&#8217;t exist. They only understand political muscle — whether it&#8217;s being flexed by their donors or their Republican opponents.</p>
<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.</i></p>

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