{"id":2315823,"date":"2024-07-30T05:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T09:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-could-help-harris-win-pennsylvania-but-hurt-her-elsewhere-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-30T05:24:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T09:24:09","slug":"shapiro-could-help-harris-win-pennsylvania-but-hurt-her-elsewhere-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-could-help-harris-win-pennsylvania-but-hurt-her-elsewhere-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Shapiro could help Harris win Pennsylvania but hurt her elsewhere &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fshapiro-could-help-harris-win-pennsylvania-but-hurt-her-elsewhere-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2315823&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Governor\u200d Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania as a potential running mate for\u200b Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. While Shapiro could\u200b enhance Harris&#8217;s appeal\u200b in crucial battleground states like Pennsylvania, concerns exist about\u200d the\u200b impact\u200c he might have on progressive \u200dvoters \u200belsewhere. Shapiro is known as a centrist Democrat and has\u200b garnered support from \u200bRepublicans, achieving significant \u200dapproval\u200b ratings after his win \u2062over a \u2062Republican\u200c opponent. However, \u200bhis positions on issues such as school choice and his firm support for Israel have sparked backlash\u200d from progressive \u2063factions within the Democratic Party, with some \u2062activists \u200burging Harris to reconsider selecting him.<\/p>\n<p>Progressive filmmaker Michael\u200d Moore expresses concerns that \u200bShapiro&#8217;s selection could \u200balienate Arab \u200band\u200c Muslim voters in Michigan, while Pennsylvania&#8217;s Democratic Treasurer nominee Erin McClelland questions \u2063Shapiro&#8217;s ability to support \u200cHarris without\u2062 undermining her ambitions.\u200d Despite these criticisms, some Democratic operatives believe that \u2062Shapiro, along with\u2064 other candidates, could contribute positively to the\u2063 campaign.\u200b The article underscores the complexities of selecting \u2063a\u200d vice presidential candidate who\u200d can balance regional\u2064 appeal with \u2063the \u2063wider party&#8217;s progressive base.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Shapiro could help Harris win Pennsylvania but hurt her elsewhere<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1716276\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) has emerged as a top contender to be Vice President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>&lsquo;s 2024 running mate, and while he might offer her a leg up in his home state of Pennsylvania, he might cost her with progressive Democrat voters in other areas.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC), Shapiro stands out among the short list of other potential veep picks based solely on what they offer the Democratic ticket in critical battleground states.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro, widely viewed as a centrist Democrat in the mold of President Joe Biden, has only been in office since 2023, but he&rsquo;s stacked up surprising support from Republicans over the past year-plus.<br \/>Shapiro won a landslide victory over state Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-PA) in 2022, and his in-state approval rating this past swing approached 60%, according to a poll from the <em>New York Times<\/em>, including more than 40% approval among Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>The first-term governor can likely point to two factors driving his relative popularity on the right, namely past support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/political-suicide-how-democrat-gaslighting-on-education-cost-them-millions-of-voters\/\" title=\"\u2018Political Suicide\u2019: How Democrat Gaslighting On Education Cost Them Millions Of Voters\">school choice vouchers<\/a> and a strident defense of Israel. Yet some Democrats argue those same attributes could damage Harris&rsquo;s standing with progressives, should she select him as a running mate.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Shapiro crossed party lines to support a $100 million school choice voucher system but eventually vetoed the measure following heavy backlash from members of his own party.<\/p>\n<p>And on Israel, the governor was one of just a handful of prominent Democrats to openly condemn campus protests calling for an end to Israel&rsquo;s military operations in Gaza earlier this year.<br \/>Shapiro&rsquo;s Israel positions have pressed a number of Democratic activists to publicly petition Harris not to settle on him as her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-gov-ron-desantis-becoming-major-voice-for-gop\/\" title=\"Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis becoming major voice for GOP\">vice presidential pick<\/a>, including an interest group waging a &ldquo;No Genocide Josh&rdquo; campaign online in opposition to his potential selection.<\/p>\n<p>Filmmaker Michael Moore, a longtime progressive activist, argued in a Monday essay that selecting Shapiro not only hampers Harris in Michigan, the battleground state with the largest Arab and Muslim American populations, but could reverse the recent upswing in support she&rsquo;s seen from young voters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If Vice President Harris appoints Josh Shapiro as her Vice Presidential candidate, this too may result in losing Michigan. Shapiro said it&rsquo;s &lsquo;antisemitic&rsquo; for anyone to join the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel in order to convince them to stop their apartheid behavior,&rdquo; Moore, a Michigan native, wrote. &ldquo;He also cruelly compared peaceful college students to the Ku Klux Klan because they were calling for an end to the slaughter in Gaza. Actions like these will diminish the Arab American vote for Harris and depress a large swath of the youth vote throughout the country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Pennsylvania&rsquo;s Democratic nominee for Treasurer, Erin McClelland accused Shapiro, driven by his own alleged ambitions for the presidency, of potentially undermining Harris in the future and seeking to cover up a sexual assault allegation raised against a political ally in the past.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want a VP pick that&rsquo;s secure enough to be second under a woman, is content to be VP &amp; won&rsquo;t undermine the President to maneuver his own election &amp; doesn&rsquo;t sweep sexual harassment under the rug,&rdquo; she said on July 26.<\/p>\n<p>A number of Pennsylvania Democrats, including&nbsp;Democratic Party Chairman Sharif Street, have pushed back on McLelland&rsquo;s claims. The Harris campaign declined to comment for this article, but multiple veteran Democratic operatives familiar with her campaign strategy discounted concerns about Shapiro negatively impacting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carson-points-out-that-every-democratic-plan-has-backfired-in-trumps-favor-as-seen-in-the-bible-2\/\" title=\"Carson points out that every Democratic plan has backfired in Trump&#039;s favor, as seen in the Bible\">vice president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everyone on Vice President Harris&rsquo;s short list has been a stalwart defender of the Biden-Harris agenda and would be an asset to her campaign,&rdquo; one strategist told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;without&nbsp;going into detail about how Shapiro or other potential running mates could influence the electoral map for Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We should view Josh Shapiro&rsquo;s genuine faith with respect,&rdquo; Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), a leading progressive voice in Congress, similarly said in a tweet on Friday. &ldquo;He should be judged on the same standard as all the other VP candidates.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every potential nominee for Vice President is pro-Israel. Yet only one, Josh Shapiro, has been singled out by a far-left smear campaign calling him &lsquo;Genocide Josh,&#8217;&rdquo; Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) added in a statement. &ldquo;The reason he is treated differently from the rest? Antisemitism.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shapiro himself has largely avoided commenting on the veepstakes but has campaigned hard for Harris in recent days, including stops across Pennsylvania over the weekend and on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You know what we believe in, Pennsylvania? We believe in real freedom in this commonwealth and in this country. And you know who else believes in real freedom? Kamala Harris believes in real freedom,&rdquo; the governor, flanked by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI), declared at a rally outside of Philadelphia on Monday. &ldquo;Donald Trump sure is dangerous, and we&rsquo;ve seen how close these elections can be &mdash; 55,000 votes between Pennsylvania and Michigan back in 2016. It&rsquo;s scary what he&rsquo;s proposed in this Project 2025. It&rsquo;s scary that the guardrails are off him, but let me tell you some friends. I&rsquo;m more optimistic than ever before.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1716276\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1716276\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Shapiro, the Governor of Pennsylvania, has become a leading candidate to be Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s running mate in the 2024 election. While he could provide her with an advantage in Pennsylvania, his selection might alienate progressive Democrats in other regions. Alongside figures like Senator Mark Kelly and Governor Roy Cooper, Shapiro is notable among potential vice presidential picks due to his appeal in key battleground states. Although he has only been in office since 2023, Shapiro has garnered unexpected support from Republicans over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2022 election, he achieved a significant victory against state Senator Doug Mastriano and currently enjoys an approval rating nearing 60% within Pennsylvania\u2014over 40% of which comes from Republicans. His popularity among conservatives can be attributed to his previous backing of school choice vouchers and a strong defense of Israel. However, some Democrats believe these same positions could harm Harris&#8217;s appeal among progressives if she chooses him as her running mate.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro previously supported a $100 million school choice voucher initiative but later vetoed it after facing backlash from fellow Democrats. Additionally, he was one of the few prominent Democrats to publicly denounce campus protests advocating for an end to Israel\u2019s military actions in Gaza earlier this year. This stance has led several Democratic activists to urge Harris not to select him as her vice presidential candidate; one group even launched an online campaign titled &#8220;No Genocide Josh&#8221; opposing his nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Filmmaker Michael Moore expressed concerns that choosing Shapiro could jeopardize Harris&#8217;s support in Michigan\u2014a crucial battleground state with significant Arab and Muslim American populations\u2014and potentially diminish her recent gains among young voters. He criticized Shapiro for labeling supporters of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel as &#8220;antisemitic&#8221; and for comparing peaceful student protesters to the Ku Klux Klan.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Erin McClelland, Pennsylvania\u2019s Democratic nominee for Treasurer, accused Shapiro of harboring presidential ambitions that might undermine Harris&#8217;s campaign while also suggesting he had previously tried to cover up sexual assault allegations against a political ally. Despite these criticisms from McClelland and others within the party\u2014including Democratic Party Chairman Sharif Street\u2014many veteran Democratic operatives downplayed concerns about how Shapiro might affect Harris\u2019s campaign strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ro Khanna emphasized that all candidates on Harris&#8217;s shortlist are strong supporters of Biden-Harris policies and should be evaluated fairly without bias against any individual candidate like Shapiro who faces criticism from certain factions within the party due to their views on Israel.<\/p>\n<p>While largely refraining from discussing speculation about being selected as vice president himself, Shapiro has actively campaigned for Harris recently across Pennsylvania events where he highlighted their shared values regarding freedom while warning about Donald Trump&#8217;s potential threat during elections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2315824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/harris-shapiro.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[6571,4021,5836,5013,32076],"class_list":["post-2315823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-elections","tag-harris","tag-pennsylvania","tag-shapiro","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/harris-shapiro.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2315823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2315823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2315823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2315823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}