Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is lighting political fires with a new claim from his upcoming book — alleging that Kamala Harris’ team once questioned whether he was secretly working for the Israeli government during her search for a running mate.
The stunning accusation appears in Where We Keep the Light, a soon-to-be-released memoir previewed by The Atlantic. According to Shapiro, Harris’ vetting squad — particularly former Biden counsel Dana Remus — asked deeply personal and, in his words, “offensive” questions during the vetting process for the 2024 ticket.
“Had I been a double agent for Israel? Was she kidding?” Shapiro wrote, recalling the blunt inquiry. “I told her how offensive the question was.”
Shapiro didn’t stop there. While acknowledging that Remus “was just doing her job,” he also pointed a finger at the culture surrounding Harris, suggesting the question reflected something troubling about her inner circle.
But the Israeli agent question wasn’t the only eyebrow-raising moment. Shapiro described what he saw as relentless probing over his stance on pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Pennsylvania — especially his criticism of activists who, he said, had crossed the line into harassment of Jewish students. Harris’ team, he claimed, seemed more interested in testing his ideological purity than in vetting his qualifications.
Josh Shapiro says Harris team asked him if he was ‘double agent for Israel’ during VP vetting process https://t.co/55bYDZDVKb
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“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.”
Then came a moment that, for Shapiro, sealed the deal. According to him, Remus told him being Harris’ VP might be a “financial burden” for him and his wife — prompting him to ask, “Are you trying to convince me not to do this?”
This latest dustup adds to the growing rift between the Pennsylvania governor and the former vice president. Harris, in her own memoir 107 Days, criticized Shapiro as overly ambitious and difficult to manage, writing that she had to remind him that “a vice president is not a co-president.”
Shapiro fired back in interviews after her book dropped, calling the characterization “complete and utter bull—-.” Then, in a half-hearted attempt to walk it back, added, “I shouldn’t say ‘cover her a–.’ I think that’s not appropriate.”
Neither Remus nor Harris’ team has commented publicly on Shapiro’s version of events.
One thing’s clear: the Democratic Party’s internal power struggle is far from over — and the 2024 drama is still casting long shadows.
