Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance said Vice President Kamala Harris Minnesota Governor Tim Walz She nominated former high school football coach Joe Biden as her running mate in the 2024 presidential election, calling him “far-left.”
“He’s a really far-left candidate. The governor is really far-left, but the fact that Kamala Harris picked him, I think, shows she has really terrible judgment and that she doesn’t have what it takes to be president of the United States,” Vance said on “Hannity” Tuesday.
Walz was elected vice presidential candidate over Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, who is Jewish, but Vance said the move showed Harris had “caught on to the far left” of the Democratic Party.
Democratic presidential candidate and US Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic vice presidential nominee, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, appeared on stage together at a campaign event at Girard College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 6, 2024. Harris’ choice of the 60-year-old Midwestern governor over other candidates ended weeks of speculation about who her running mate would be. (Andrew Harnick/Getty Images)
“This decision is Select Tim Waltz“This is another sign that she doesn’t care about the opinion of the American people,” Vance said. “She’s only in this to cater to the far-left extremists in her own party. It’s a real embarrassment for Kamala Harris.”
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He added that he believes “anti-Semites” within Harris’ party led the debate over who should ultimately be given the vice presidential spot.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro attends the Wawa Welcome American Freedom Celebration on July 4, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images)
Shapiro has come under fire from progressives for his pro-Israel stance and for an op-ed he wrote in his college newspaper in which he described Palestinians as “too militant to build their own peaceful homeland.” Reportedly From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Harris’ aides denied claims that Shapiro was not selected because of criticism from progressives and anti-Israel activists. Speaking to Forward These proposals are “absurd” and “utterly absurd and offensive.”
“Josh Shapiro is a great leader and was very close to being selected,” the official told the outlet.
Shapiro delivered an impassioned speech at a campaign rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday, marking the first joint appearance between Harris and Waltz.
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People take their seats ahead of a rally for U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her newly selected running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, August 6, 2024. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
Vance told Fox News host Sean Hannity that a vice presidential candidate should not be chosen based on whether he or she has the “right ethnic background.”
“This is extremely anti-American,” he said.
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“A lot of grassroots activists and a lot of leaders within the Democratic Party said this guy shouldn’t be elected. Because he is JewishI take them at their word. That’s face value. And that’s absurd for any political party in America.”
