DANIEL VAUGHAN: Harris Picks Walz And Antisemites Reject Shapiro

The pick is in, and Kamala Harris chose Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. Judging by the late surge in betting markets, this was a surprise to everyone watching the spectacle. Harris’s last-second pivot to Walz made little sense until you started peeling back the ugly problems: Josh Shapiro is Jewish, and that’s a nuisance in the modern Democratic Party.

Shapiro, for his part, did his duty and campaigned for the new ticket in Philadelphia. Towards the end of the speech, hemade a point of addressing his heritage. He told the crowd, “I lean on my family, and I lean on my faith, which calls me to serve.” He continued, “”I am proud of my faith,’ he said, his voice rising, speaking slowly and deliberately to sustained applause.'”

It was something he felt compelled to say as the nation watched him get passed over for the job he was uniformly seen as the best option. A panel on CNN exemplified the issue. When panelists started claiming Shapiro was somehow unique on the issue of Israel and Gaza, Jake Tapper stepped in to note Shapiro and Walz were similar on that front.