Har­ris was ‘reluc­tant’ to choose Shapiro because of his ‘Jew­ish her­itage,’ Speak­er John­son says: report

Harris was ‘reluctant’ to choose Shapiro because of his ‘Jewish heritage,’ Speaker Johnson says: report

House Speak­er Mike John­son, who said Tues­day that Penn­syl­va­nia Gov. Josh Shapiro would have been a “stronger choice” for Vice Pres­i­dent Har­ris’ vice pres­i­den­tial pick, said he thinks she was “reluc­tant” to pick the 51-year-old as her run­ning mate because of his “Jew­ish heritage.”“I think that clear­ly was a major fac­tor, is that she was reluc­tant to put a vice pres­i­den­tial nom­i­nee on the tick­et with Jew­ish her­itage because they’re hav­ing a split in the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Par­ty,” John­son told The Hill on Tues­day. “They have a pro-Pales­tin­ian, in some cas­es pro-Hamas, wing of the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Party.“Sadly for Josh Shapiro, because of his her­itage, I think that is the rea­son he was over­looked.” Shapiro had fre­quent­ly been men­tioned as one of about a half-dozen can­di­dates Har­ris was …