Josh Shapiro speaks with media along with Vice President Kamala Harris during their short visit to Little Thai Market at Reading Terminal Market after she spoke at the APIA Vote Presidential Town Hall at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia on July 13, 2024. (Tyger Williams/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)
Summary of Shapiro's recent profile in The Atlantic, from the Philadelphia Inquirer via the Seattle Times:
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/pa-gov-josh-shapiro-says-kamala-harris-descriptions-of-him-were-blatant-lies-intended-to-sell-books/
Gov. Josh Shapiro lashed out over former Vice President Kamala Harris’ portrayal of his interview to become her 2024 running mate, calling Harris’ retellings “complete and utter (expletive)” intended to sell books and “cover her (expletive),” according to The Atlantic.
In her book, titled “107 Days,” Harris described Shapiro as “poised, polished, and personable” when he traveled to Washington, D.C., to interview with Harris to become her running mate during her historic campaign against Donald Trump.
However, Harris said she suspected Shapiro would be unhappy as second-in-command. He “peppered” her with questions, she wrote, and said he asked questions about the vice president’s residence, “from the number of bedrooms to how he might arrange to get Pennsylvania artists’ work on loan from the Smithsonian.”
Shapiro's response:
“She wrote that in her book? That’s complete and utter (expletive),” Shapiro reportedly told The Atlantic when asked about Harris’ account that he had been imagining the potential art for the vice presidential residence. He added: “I can tell you that her accounts are just blatant lies.”
When Shapiro was asked by The Atlantic whether he felt betrayed by Harris’ comments in her book about him, given that the two have known each other for 20 years, he said: “I mean, she’s trying to sell books and cover her (expletive).”
He quickly reframed his response: “I shouldn’t say ‘cover her (expletive),’ I think that’s not appropriate,” he added. “She’s trying to sell books, period.”
The article also addresses criticisms of Shapiro for being too ambitious and overly pragmatic, and discusses his recent experience as a victim of political violence from the PA Governor's Mansion break-in and his desire to "bring down the temperature" of our nation's political rhetoric.
Also find it interesting that he said "cover her (expletive)", implying that he thought that she had made a mistake in passing him over, and therefore embellished her reasons for doing so.
