In the lead up to the snub of Shapiro many voices in and around the Democratic party, both Jewish and not, warned that choosing Tim Walz would smack of obvious and odious antisemitism.
Last Friday night, as Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro was lighting the Shabbat candles, he was the clear and obvious favorite to be tapped as Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ running mate. But that was not to be. And on Tuesday, it sure looks like that is because he was a little too Jewish.
First, John King, and then several additional anchors on CNN, expressed concern that Shapiro’s views on Israel were being singled out. This was happening even though they hardly differed from any other potential V.P. candidate. Still, his status as a practicing Jew could prove disqualifying for some progressive voters.
On Tuesday, just hours before the announcement, GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance took to the radio airwaves in an interview with Hugh Hewitt and said, 'They will have not picked Shapiro frankly because of antisemitism in their own caucus, in their own party...The far-left doesn't like the fact that he is a Jewish-American.' The senator from Ohio is not without evidence in advancing this claim, as we saw in the spring when many Democrats, such as New York Rep.
It was not until Shapiro seemed to be a lock for Harris’ running mate that these concerns about his Jewishness popped up and that his record on Israel was thrust in the spotlight, even though it mirrors everyone on the short list and even Kamala Harris herself. It is almost impossible to believe that Shapiro, a popular governor in the most key battleground state in the entire nation, would have been denied this rich political prize if his last name was Smith, or, well, Harris.
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