‘I Love What I Do,’ Governor Shapiro Says, Denying Antisemitism Played Role in Harris’s Running Mate Choice

‘She had a deeply personal decision to make about who she wanted to be a running mate,’ he says, ‘and in the end, I had a deeply personal decision to make as well.’

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Governor Shapiro greets the crowd before the start of a campaign rally with Vice President Harris and Governor Walz at Girard College on August 6, 2024, at Philadelphia. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

PROSPERITY, Pennsylvania — Just less than 48 hours after Governor Shapiro ripped the bark off the tree in his speech at Temple University’s Liacouras Center at Philadelphia, where he told the crowd he “loved being their governor” and endorsed the Harris-Walz Democratic ticket, the Pennsylvania chief executive was at tiny Washington County, Pennsylvania. His venue was a training center highlighting the investments in vocational-technical training included in the bipartisan budget he signed into law last month.

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