As Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro was going through the vetting process to possibly become former Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, he knew he’d face a lot of questions.
But one question he found offensive.
Harris’ election team asked whether he was an “agent of the Israeli government, Fox News reported.
Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor wrote the question on his upcoming book, “Where We Keep the Light.”
The Atlantic reported Sunday about the and included a section to what he described as “unnecessarily contentious” questions from Harris’ team, particularly former Biden aide Dana Remus.
“Had I been a double agent for Israel? Was she kidding? I told her how offensive the question was,” Shapiro wrote on his book.
“Remus was just doing her job. I get it. But the fact that she asked, or was told to ask that question by someone else, said a lot about some of the people around the VP,” he continued.
Shapiro was also asked if he’d be willing to “apologize for some of his comments about protesters at the University of Pennsylvania who had built encampments to decry Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and, in some cases, intimidated Jewish students.”
“It nagged at me that their questions weren’t really about substance,” Shapiro wrote. “Rather, they were questioning my ideology, my approach, my world view.”
Shapiro decided against becoming Harris’ running mate after Remus suggested the position “might be a financial burden for him and his wife.”
“Are you trying to convince me not to do this?” Shapiro wrote.
On her book, “107 Days,” Harris criticized Shapiro.
She wrote he wanted to be involved with every decision and that she needed to remind him “a vice president is not a co-president.”
In interviews following the book’s publication, Shapiro called the accusation “complete and utter bull—-.”
“I mean, she’s trying to sell books and cover her a–,” he said, adding, “I shouldn’t say ‘cover her a–.’ I think that’s not appropriate.”
“She’s trying to sell books. Period,” he concluded.
