Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, is accusing Vice President Kamala Harris of capitulating to radical left-wing voices within the Democratic Celebration in selecting her operating mate for the November election.
“She bent the knee to the Hamas caucus of the Democratic Party,” Vance mentioned throughout a rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on Wednesday.
He is the newest GOP critic to accuse Harris of selecting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her operating mate in opposition to former President Trump and Vance over Josh Shapiro, as a result of the Pennsylvania governor is Jewish.
Former President Trump and Home Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., have additionally made the declare.
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GOP operating mate JD Vance referred to as out Vice President Kamala Harris for her dealing with of fallout over her personal operating mate alternative. (Getty Photographs)
“Whatever your views on Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro – and obviously he’s not in my political party. He’s criticized me. I criticized him – the amount of rage that you heard from the far left saying, ‘Kamala Harris can’t pick this guy because he’s Jewish,’ is disgraceful,” Vance mentioned.
“I want my kids to grow up in a country where they can be whatever they want to be, and people aren’t attacking them for their ethnic heritage, and that’s somehow considered acceptable.”
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Harris selected Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her operating mate. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune through Getty Photographs)
“It’s not just what these people said about Shapiro. It’s the way that the Harris and the Harris administration and the Harris campaign refuse to push back against it. I think it’s a real scandal,” he mentioned.
The Harris marketing campaign did converse out in opposition to the allegations, nonetheless, telling the Jewish Telegraphic Company, partly: “Assertions that Vice President Harris did not select Gov. Shapiro based on his religion or views on Israel are absolutely ridiculous and offensive.”
Republicans have largely reacted with a mixture of glee and aid to Harris’ choice to decide on Walz over Shapiro, casting the Minnesota governor as a progressive radical for his COVID-19 insurance policies, assist for gender-affirming therapy for minors and authorities handouts to undocumented migrants.
Harris, whose husband is Jewish, is tasked with navigating the Democratic Celebration’s ever-widening divisions over Israel, with a rising faction of progressives calling for the U.S. to distance itself from its shut Center Japanese ally.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro was considered the frontrunner. (Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Photographs)
Within the closing days earlier than her choice on Tuesday, Harris met with Shapiro, Walz and Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly.
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Shapiro was considered a frontrunner for the position because the governor of a key swing state.
However studies point out that, ultimately, Harris believed Walz can be a greater match on account of his his persona and strategy to the marketing campaign.
Fox Information Digital reached out to the Harris marketing campaign and Shapiro’s workplace for touch upon Vance’s remarks.
