Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro claims in his forthcoming memoir that 2024 Democratic nominee Kamala Harris’ team asked him if he had ever worked as a double agent for Israel while vetting him as a potential running mate.
Shapiro, who is Jewish, writes in “Where We Keep the Light” that he told his interrogator, former White House counsel Dana Remus, that he found the question offensive and was told, “Well, we have to ask.”
According to The New York Times, which obtained an advance copy of Shapiro’s book, Remus then asked if the governor had ever “communicated with an undercover agent of Israel.”
“If they were undercover, I responded, how the hell would I know?” wrote the governor, who is thought by some observers to be a contender for the 2028 Democratic nomination.
Shapiro’s account of the questions posed by Remus refer to antisemitic tropes that Jewish politicians, and Jews in general, are more loyal to Israel than the US.
“Where We Keep the Light” is available Jan. 27.
