The national press is scrambling to provide alternative reasons why Kamala Harris passed over Josh Shapiro for Tim Walz as her running mate. Some are even blaming it on Donald Trump, claiming he was behind a whisper campaign to keep the Pennsylvania governor off the ticket.
Of course, we all know the real reason. You don’t pass over a very popular, extremely well-spoken governor of a must-win swing state for an awkward radical from Minnesota because you genuinely think Walz is the better candidate. This was about one thing: Shapiro being Jewish.
SEE: Walz Sidelining Shapiro Is Proof the Antisemites Have Won
When it became clear that Harris was favoring Shapiro (and I still think he was the pick at one point), a relentless campaign from the far left commenced. Echoed in the press, it suggested that he was simply unacceptable to the progressive wing of the party. That wasn’t…
