Cruz: Harris was wrong to tap Walz instead of PA’s Shapiro for VP

Late. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, took aim at Vice President Kamala Harris for her lack of support for Israel, arguing that the decision not to pick Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as his running mate was a result of the vice president bowing to the US government. “pro-Hamas” wing of the Democratic Party.

“You should be asking yourself, why didn’t she pick Josh Shapiro as her VP?” Cruz said during an appearance on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo on Sunday. “The answer is, in today’s Democratic Party, they couldn’t stand a candidate who was Jewish.”

Cruz’s comments come just two days before polls open on Election Day, when both Harris and former President Trump will make their final pitches in the seven key battleground states that promise to decide the race.

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Senator Ted Cruz returns to the Senate on February 12, 2021 in Washington, DC (Jabin Botsford – Pool/Getty Images)

Two battleground states in particular, Michigan and Pennsylvania, show the struggle Harris has had to assemble a winning coalition, Cruz argued, noting that the vice president has tried to appease Jewish voters in Pennsylvania despite the administration she serves as the “most anti- Israeli “one in American history.

“Kamala Harris is lying to the people of Pennsylvania, and we know that because she’s not just some random person on the street, she’s been the sitting vice president for four years,” Cruz said. “Kamala Harris and Joe Biden have been the most anti-Israel administration this country has ever seen.”

The Real Clear Politics polling average shows an extremely tight race in Pennsylvania in the final days of the election, with Trump currently holding a slim 0.3 point lead in the critical battleground state.

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at Enmarket Arena on August 29, 2024 in Savannah, Georgia. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Betting odds for the race are also close, with ElectionBettingOdds.com showing Trump with a 53.5% chance of winning Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the latest Fox News Power Rankings rate the swing state as a toss-up.

Cruz suggested Sunday that Shapiro, who currently enjoys positive ratings among voters in his state, could have helped win the key state for Harris had she chosen him.

Governor Josh Shapiro during a campaign event with Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz in Philadelphia on August 6, 2024. (Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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“Shapiro might well have won the state of Pennsylvania for her, but the pro-Hamas wing of the Democrats could not imagine, could not tolerate such a thing,” Cruz said.

The Harris campaign did not immediately respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment.

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