Democratic VP contender Josh Shapiro made his name battling Trump in court as Pennsylvania AG

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50% : "When he ran for governor in 2022, "a big part of Shapiro's appeal to voters was that he had taken on Trump and election deniers," Frosh added.
47% : Shapiro's battles with Trump "were a huge part of raising his profile and cementing a real track record on a lot of important issues," said J.J. Abbott, who at the time was a spokesman for then-Gov. Tom Wolf.Just days after he took office in 2017, Shapiro was part of the coalition of state attorneys general who opposed Trump's proposed travel ban on people entering the country from Muslim-majority countries.
41% : The Supreme Court in 2020 ruled in favor of Trump on a 7-2 vote.
39% : Shapiro, whose office declined to comment on his role as attorney general, continued to butt heads with Trump.
38% : "At the time, the newly elected Shapiro brushed off concerns that joining the legal effort could harm him politically in a state Trump had won in the 2016 election.
34% : And as Trump left office four years later, Shapiro was heavily involved in efforts to push back against the many lawsuits questioning Biden's victory, including in Pennsylvania itself.
23% : The ban was implemented after Trump pledged during the campaign to implement "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.
21% : (Trump later issued an amended travel ban, which Shapiro decided against challenging.

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