Democrats think their secret sauce in 2026 is targeting Trump and Republicans on ‘corruption’

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro decried corruption in his primary night address to supporters in Bucks County last month.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro decried corruption during his primary night address to supporters in Bucks County last month. And then he did it again. And again.

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By the end of his speech, the Democrat accused President Donald Trump, his administration and his congressional supporters of participating in or enabling corruption no fewer than a dozen times.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.Emilee Chinn / Getty Images fileThe following day, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa. — who represents the battleground House district where Shapiro spoke — told reporters he was working on legislation to block the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund the Justice Department recently announced, which opponents pilloried as a corrupt, taxpayer-funded slush fund for Trump’s allies.