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Pennsylvania gov rebuffs PETA's demands on Punxsutawney Phil: 'Come and take it'
Fox News ^ | 2/1/25 | Charles Creitz

Posted on 02/01/2025 9:51:01 AM PST by DallasBiff

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro hit back at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on Friday, after the activist group sent a letter to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club promising to send them a vegan "weather reveal cake" if they agreed to stop pulling Punxsutawney Phil out of his burrow for his Feb. 2 prognostication.

"Come and take it," Shapiro tweeted in response to a New York Post story on PETA's demand.

Manuel Bonder, a spokesman for Shapiro, told Fox News Digital the governor stands by his comments and said he will again make the trip to Gobbler's Knob in Jefferson County on Sunday to witness Phil's 138th meteorological prediction.

Shapiro has been on-hand for every Groundhog Day ceremony in Punxsutawney since taking office in 2023.

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To: packagingguy

The idiots don’t seem to realize that ‘Phil’ is a domesticated rodent - a PET. He probably lives a life of pampered luxury.

I doubt anyone is ‘pulling him out’ of anything he wants to stay in.


21 posted on 02/01/2025 10:25:06 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Romulus

It’s a fun, wholesome event that normal people enjoy.


22 posted on 02/01/2025 10:26:32 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: MTBobcat

Exactly. In the grand scheme of things Groundhog Day is about as inconsequential as can be. It will however be made much bigger by the dims showing his “rationality”.


23 posted on 02/01/2025 10:39:45 AM PST by xp38
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To: V_TWIN

Post #15


24 posted on 02/01/2025 11:01:47 AM PST by iamgalt
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To: Col Frank Slade

The slick napoleon wannabe needs to be removed next election. I don’t have much faith in Pennsylvania voters to understand how much of a sleaze and con artist he is.


25 posted on 02/01/2025 11:19:08 AM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: MTBobcat

Shapiro has little use for defending “rights”, except when it comes to “groundhog rights” which, when violated, causes him to become “outraged” and even “tough”. I’m waiting to see where the ACLU weighs in on this matter of national importance.


26 posted on 02/01/2025 11:24:41 AM PST by glennaro (2025: The year of America's rebirth as a Great (and Free) Republic)
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To: DallasBiff

He’s running in 2028.


27 posted on 02/01/2025 11:27:27 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DallasBiff

I’m posting a “ The Groundhog says, 4 more years of Trump meme tommorrow.😁


28 posted on 02/01/2025 11:43:31 AM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING 0F AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: BipolarBob

Don’t drive angry!


29 posted on 02/01/2025 11:44:27 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MTBobcat

It’s a Dem set-up so Shapiro can seem “moderate” to ignorant voters.


Clintonesque “Sistah Souljah” moment.


30 posted on 02/01/2025 11:45:10 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DallasBiff

Mole ‘n lobby!


31 posted on 02/01/2025 11:45:18 AM PST by Buttons12 ( )
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To: Romulus

😂
You got it backwards Sparky. Christian holidays have been superimposed over ancient Pagan holidays.
Happy Halloween 🎃 Happy Easter 🐰 Merry Christmas etc. in advance.😂


32 posted on 02/01/2025 2:08:08 PM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal! )
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To: MotorCityBuck

Read some real history, son.


33 posted on 02/01/2025 2:09:12 PM PST by Romulus ( )
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To: Romulus

That is real history.
You may want to expand your knowledge beyond one book Sparky.
Gods and goddesses existed long before yours.
Deal with it.


34 posted on 02/01/2025 2:14:11 PM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal! )
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; PaulZe; brityank; Physicist; ...

Pennsylvania Ping!

Please ping me with articles of interest.

FReepmail me to be added to the list.

35 posted on 02/01/2025 4:49:06 PM PST by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: dfwgator
"He’s running in 2028."

Are you familiar with the Ellen Greenberg case?

36 posted on 02/01/2025 4:56:18 PM PST by Joe 6-pack
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To: Romulus
Groundhog day is a version of Candlemas seen through the Pennsylvania German point of view.
I'll celebrate tomorrow by watching the movie Groundhog Day which is about purgatory and having a fine wine. The light is returning, it's time to celebrate.
37 posted on 02/01/2025 5:09:12 PM PST by Varda
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To: packagingguy

Peta needs to go after Bill Deblasio for dropping NY’s groundhog.


38 posted on 02/01/2025 6:07:31 PM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: MTBobcat

Yeah, our Diminutive Bolshevik Governor is soooo tough…


39 posted on 02/01/2025 6:14:14 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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