Shapiro accuses Harris vetting staff of being disrespectful towards spouse

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Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pa., stated throughout an interview with CBS' Norah O'Donnell on Sunday that former Vice President Kamala Harris ' vetting staff wasn't respectful with regard to his spouse, along with the opposite questions he felt had been offensive.

"You say within the ebook that you just had been suggested, nicely, your spouse’s going to should get new garments. She’s going to should pay for hair and make-up. You’re going to have to maneuver into the vice presidential, all these items. And it appeared prefer it form of turned you off," O'Donnell said.

O'Donnell spoke to Shapiro about his new ebook, "The place We Maintain the Mild," which is about to be launched Tuesday. Within the ebook, Shapiro particulars the vetting course of he went by way of with Harris.

"Look, there have been a lot of moments in that course of the place I used to be requested issues or, within the case of what you simply stated, I believed of us weren’t notably respectful to my spouse, that left me actually questioning whether or not this was one thing I wished to do," Shapiro responded.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro speaks throughout a marketing campaign rally for former Vice President Kamala Harris on July 29, 2024, in Ambler, Pennsylvania. (Hannah Beier/Getty Pictures)

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O'Donnell pressed Shapiro concerning the course of and stated that he had written within the ebook that he felt the vetting course of was unnecessarily contentious.

"I write each within the ebook concerning the vetting course of and about one of the best ways I might serve. Because it pertains to the vetting course of, I believed a few of the commentary about my spouse was not okay. And I believed asking me if I used to be a double agent for the Israeli authorities, was offensive," he stated.

He wrote within the ebook that he was requested by former Biden aide Dana Remus if had ever been an "agent of the Israeli authorities" and

"I perceive they'd a job to do to ask me these questions. I believe it went past simply checking a field on a questionnaire," he informed O'Donnell.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on the Emerge twentieth Anniversary Gala in San Francisco, California, on April 30, 2025. (CAMILLE COHEN/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)

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O'Donnell additionally requested him why he thought he was being requested that query, to which he stated he did not know.

"I don’t wish to sit right here and ascribe beliefs to others. I can let you know that it landed on me in an offensive means. I've devoted my complete grownup life to serving this nation, serving this nation in numerous elected capacities, totally different volunteer capacities. I like this nation. And for somebody to query that, for somebody to query my loyalty, notably as somebody who's as open about his religion as he's, was offensive to me," he stated.

Shapiro stated he understood that the folks questioning him had been simply doing their job.

Vice President Kamala Harris and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (L) converse to the press whereas making a cease on the Studying Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. (RYAN COLLERD/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)