The Pennsylvania governor said in an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” he hopes Congress revitalizes Medicaid and SNAP programs next term.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said he hopes Democrats prioritize healthcare and food assistance when they take control of Congress in January, though he urged them not to forget to hold the Trump administration accountable.

“I hope one of the first things that the Congress does is to stop these Medicaid cuts, stop the SNAP cuts, roll back the cuts, the effective cuts in the Affordable Care Act,” Shapiro said in an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday.

Shapiro said that in Pennsylvania alone, 510,000 people are losing healthcare and 143,000 more are losing SNAP or food assistance because of cuts approved during Donald Trump’s second term.

While he stressed the importance of revitalizing Medicaid and SNAP programs, Shapiro also said Democrats shouldn’t forget to hold the Trump administration accountable.

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    Do you know what “ardent” means?

    Because what I said is that “ardent” doesn’t describe his position on zionism.

    If you want to argue that his zionism is indeed ardent, go ahead and do so. That’s not what I see though.

    Calling for an end to the genocide is enough in my opinion, even if he doesn’t support the wholesale dismantlement and dissolution of the state of Israel.

    If that’s your preferred solution though, then I’d ask what your plan is for all the people who were born and raised there, whose parents were born and raised there, and who have no other home, nationality, or passport in the world.

    Until you give me a good answer to that, I can’t take your dismissal of the two-state solution seriously. Any one-state solution is asking for “survival of the fittest.” And well, we’ve already seen how that plays out.

    I favor peace, diplomacy, multi-lateralism, and rules-based order, personally.