Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro just unleashed a serious verbal assault on Vice President Kamala Harris, calling the claims in her recent memoir “blatant lies” and leveling a massive accusation against her motives. Shapiro didn’t hold back in the New York Times interview when asked about Harris’s book, “107 Days,” which offered a critical assessment of the Pennsylvania governor.
Harris suggested in her memoir that Shapiro was far more interested in securing the vice presidency than he was in helping her win the general election against President Trump. She also claimed he spent a significant amount of time during their meeting discussing the art pieces he wanted to adorn the walls of the vice president’s official residence.
When asked directly about Harris’s accusation that he took over the conversation during his interview to be her running mate, Shapiro called the claim “complete bulls—.” When asked if he felt betrayed, Shapiro doubled down on his criticism of her motivation for writing the book. He responded that she’s trying to “sell books and cover her a—.” While he quickly backtracked on the second half of that statement, saying, “I shouldn’t say ‘cover her a—.’ I think that’s not appropriate. She’s trying to sell books. Period.”
This kind of public feud between major party figures is always messy, and it’s clear Shapiro feels deeply wronged by her account.
This public spat isn’t the only controversial detail coming out regarding the vetting process. Shapiro is dropping his own memoir soon, titled “Where We Keep the Light,” and it reveals an absolutely shocking line of questioning he faced when he was being considered as a potential running mate for Harris’s 2024 campaign.
Shapiro, who is Jewish, recalls a specific meeting with Dana Remus, who served as a former White House counsel. He details how Remus asked him directly if he had “been a double agent for Israel.” When Shapiro expressed how offensive he found the question, the vetting team insisted that they were obligated to ask it. Shapiro also said Remus asked him, “Have you ever communicated with an undercover agent of Israel?”
Shapiro wrote that he genuinely “wondered whether these questions were being posed to just me — the only Jewish guy in the running — or if everyone who had not held a federal office was being grilled about Israel in the same way.”
The process that led to this contentious memoir exchange began after former President Biden dropped out of the race, leading to Harris becoming the Democratic nominee to face President Trump. Shapiro was viewed as a serious contender for the vice presidential slot before Harris ultimately chose Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
It seems Shapiro isn’t alone in his frustration with the vice president’s book. Other prominent Democrats criticized Harris’s memoir before its release, suggesting its excerpts showed her blaming everyone else for her campaign result. One Democratic strategist from California even noted that the excerpts “show pretty clearly that she came out with arms flailing and guns blazing, blaming everyone but herself for her loss.”
Even former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was “surprised” by certain things she wrote, including her suggestion that he would have been the “ideal partner” if only he had been “a straight white man.” While the GOP already has several people vying for the 2028 presidential campaign, the feud inside the DNC isn’t a good look for the opposition.
Published: Jan 21, 2026 12:30 pm