Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign could be derailed if she picks Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as her running mate.
During an appearance on “The Ingraham Angle” with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, Gingrich discussed the potential running mate picks floated for Harris and highlighted the issues of choosing Shapiro.
“Well look, they have a big problem. I think, by the way, this is why in the end Harris will not be able to pick Governor Shapiro of Pennsylvania,” Gingrich said.
“I think to walk into that convention with a Jewish governor as her vice presidential candidate would cause such a level of tension in places like Michigan that it would just be a wild scene. Sort of resemble Union Station.”
“They have a real problem.”
“The problem is more and more of their party’s anti-Semitic, more and more of their party sides with terrorism. More and more of their party is deeply hostile, not just to Israel, they are deeply hostile to the United States,” Gingrich said.
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Almost half of the Democratic lawmakers skipped out on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida protested during Netanyahu’s speech by holding up a sign that read “War Criminal.”
“And I think this is an underlying split in their party, which will be interesting to see how they try to write a platform compared to what the Republicans achieved in Milwaukee,” Gingrich continued.
“Because how do they bring their radical left-wing and what’s left of the old pro-Israel wing. How do they get something on that into the platform?”
“I think they’ll have a very hard time.”
Chaos erupted from pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel protesters outside the capitol, as video surfaces of them burning an American flag and replacing it with a Palestinian flag.
Harris released a statement on X condemning “any individuals” associated “with the brutal terrorist organization Hamas.”
“I condemn the burning of the American flag. That flag is a symbol of our highest ideals as a nation and represents the promise of America,’ she said.
“It should never be desecrated in that way,” Harris wrote.
“I support the right to peacefully protest, but let’s be clear: Antisemitism, hate and violence of any kind have no place in our nation.”
Other running mate options for Harris include;
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear
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