Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is reportedly concerned that “bastard” Pennsylvanians are expressing dissatisfaction with the selection of Governor Tim Walz (D-Minn.) over Governor Josh Shapiro (D-Pennsylvania) as her running mate.
Shortly after it became clear that Waltz would be chosen over Shapiro and the other finalists, Philadelphia Inquirer National political reporter Julia Terzo spoke with Harris campaign staff, who expressed concern that Pennsylvanians expressed anger over Harris’ selection at the Harris-Waltz rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday night. Staffers reportedly worried that Shapiro “some jerks” would boo the rally. Said He will be in attendance.
A Harris campaign staffer spoken to earlier said, “We’re relieved that the verdict is out, but now we’re worried about what’s going to happen later today in Shapiro’s hometown of Philadelphia. Are some idiots going to boo?”
— Julia Terruso (@JuliaTerruso) August 6, 2024
“The Harris campaign staffer I just spoke to is relieved that the decision is made, but now worries about what will happen later today in Shapiro’s home city of Philadelphia. ‘Are idiots going to boo?'” Terzo wrote in X’s post.
Trump campaign spokesman Steven Chang shared Terzo’s post and criticized the Harris campaign’s X account.
.Kamala HQ He calls Pennsylvania voters “morons.”
This is how the left sees the American people. https://t.co/b2oRQ1DFJe
— Steven Cheung (@TheStevenCheung) August 6, 2024
“@KamalaHQ is calling Pennsylvania voters stupid,” he wrote. “This is how the left sees the American people.”
Walz, Shapiro and Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) are considered finalists for Harris’ running mate, and Harris interviewed all three at her Washington, D.C., home on Sunday, Reuters reported. I got it..
Shapiro is popular in Pennsylvania, a state that will determine the outcome of the presidential election. Emerson College/hill The survey was conducted on July 22-23, 2024, days after President Joe Biden withdrew from the presidential race. found Shapiro’s approval rating is +18, with 49 percent approving and 31 percent disapproving.
Harris chose Waltz instead, despite his popularity in purple states, especially Minnesota. lost The Democrats have won every presidential election for the past 50 years.
As Breitbart News senior editor Joel Pollack pointed out, given the party’s sizable anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian wing, Shapiro’s pro-Israel views and Judaism may have been factors in Harris’ choice of Waltz.
As Shapiro emerged as the front-runner in the week leading up to the election, there were reports of an internal rebellion within the Democratic Party, mainly due to his strong pro-Israel views, including his skepticism about peace talks.
As Democrats have struggled over the past year to tamp down anti-Israel and anti-Semitic sentiment within the party’s left-wing base, suspicions have begun to emerge that the real reason for the opposition to Shapiro is bigotry.
In the end, more than 500,000 Democratic primary voters selected the “independent” option on their 2024 ballots in protest of the Biden-Harris administration’s handling of the war, signaling a threat to sit out the November election unless there were major policy changes.
Looking at the race through this lens, Shapiro may have had an advantage in Pennsylvania but may have been compromised in other battleground states, such as Michigan and Wisconsin, where pro-Palestinian, no-holds-barred campaigns mobilized voters in numbers that approached or exceeded the margins by which Biden won the 2020 election.
