Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance has responded to the nomination of Kamala Harris as vice president. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as his running mate for 2024, saying the former high school football coach is “far left.”
“He’s a very far-left candidate. He’s a very far-left governor, but the fact that Kamala Harris chose him, I think, shows that she’s used very, very poor judgment and she doesn’t have what it takes to be president of the United States,” Vance said Tuesday on “Hannity.”
Walz was chosen over Jewish Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro in the vice presidential race, a choice that Vance said shows Harris has “bent the knee to the far left” of the Democratic Party.
Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz appear together on stage during a campaign event at Girard College on August 6, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Harris ended weeks of speculation over who her running mate would be, choosing the 60-year-old Midwestern governor over other candidates. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“This decision, selection by Tim Walz“This is another sign that she doesn’t care what the American people think,” Vance said. “She’s just there to do the bidding of the far-left radicals in her own party. This is a truly shameful moment for Kamala Harris.”
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He added that he believed “anti-Semites” within Harris’ party had driven the conversation about who should ultimately be given the running mate position.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is seen during the Freedom Celebration Ceremony at Wawa Welcome America on July 4, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images)
Shapiro has been criticized by progressives for his pro-Israel stance and an op-ed he wrote in his college newspaper in which he described Palestinians as “too determined to fight to establish their own peaceful homeland.” according to a report Excerpt from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
A Harris aide refuted allegations that Shapiro was sidelined because of criticism from progressives and anti-Israel activists, telling the Forward that such suggestions were “absurd” and “absolutely ridiculous and offensive.”
“Josh Shapiro is a fantastic leader, and he was almost chosen,” the official told the outlet.
Shapiro delivered a rousing speech during Harris and Walz’s first joint appearance at a campaign rally Tuesday in Philadelphia.
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People take their seats before the rally of U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris with her new vice presidential running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 6, 2024. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
Vance told Fox News host Sean Hannity that a vice presidential candidate should not be chosen based on his or her “ethnic background.”
“It’s deeply un-American,” he said.
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“A lot of grassroots activists, a lot of leaders in the Democratic Party have said that this guy should not be chosen. because he is JewishI take them at their word. That’s their word. And that’s ridiculous for any American political party.
