Kamala Harris will name her running mate by next week.
The process now resides under a cloud of disgrace.
And all hell broke loose when this sex scandal engulfed one Kamala Harris VP pick.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is one of the finalists to be Harris’s running mate.
Shapiro comes from a swing state and perfected – literally – the Obama cadence of engaging in radical leftist politics while counting on the media to try and sell himself to voters as being a moderate politician.
When people said Shapiro sounded like a Jewish Obama I did not how literal that was pic.twitter.com/JSuiwJrh5J
— Armand Domalewski (@ArmandDoma) July 27, 2024
Democrats hope that if Harris puts Shapiro on the ticket, it will lead to winning the critical state of Pennsylvania where Trump currently leads by three points according to Real Clear Politics.
But the glare of the national spotlight descended on Shapiro and suddenly his star doesn’t shine so bright.
And it’s his own party who’s exposing him.
Democrat nominee for Treasurer in Pennsylvania, Erin McClelland, alluded in a post on social media that she didn’t want Kamala Harris to pick a runningmate who covered up sexual harassment scandals.
“I want a VP pick that’s secure enough to be second under a woman, is content to be VP & won’t undermine the President to maneuver his own election & doesn’t sweep sexual harassment under the rug,” McClelland wrote on X.
McClelland urged Harris to pick North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper instead.
“I want someone that can speak to rural voters. That is @RoyCooperNC,” McClelland added.
“If I were in [Harris’] situation, I would think very strongly about the difficulties that some women experience being in a top-level position, and having men around them that have to be satisfied with being second, third or answering to a woman,” McClelland also posted.
McClelland was likely referring to a $295,000 payment Shapiro’s administration made to a woman who made sexual harassment accusations against top Shapiro aide, Mike Vereb.
“According to documents she filed with state investigators earlier this year, Vereb’s accuser said he had repeatedly made sexual advances toward her and lewd remarks about other staffers and a female state senator,” the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
“The woman alleged that when she reported his behavior to higher-ups in Shapiro’s office, Vereb retaliated against her, prompting her decision to resign from the Office of Legislative Affairs in March, less than two months after she was hired,” the Inquirer continued.
Shapiro faced strong criticism for allowing Vereb to serve in the administration for months while negotiating the settlement with the accuser.
Democrats are trying to smear Donald Trump and JD Vance with the tag of being anti-woman weirdos.
Shapiro’s mishandling of the sexual harassment scandal will provide a portent target for Republicans to fire back at Harris on charges of hypocrisy.
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