During an interview with The Atlantic<\/a>‘s Tim Alberta, Shapiro denied what Harris alleged in her book, “107 Days,” which included discussions of Shapiro and others she vetted to be her running mate. Harris said Shapiro had asked her staff lots of questions, including “how he might arrange to get Pennsylvania artists\u2019 work on loan from the Smithsonian.” She also accused him of wanting to be involved in every decision and said she reminded him, “a vice president is not a co-president.”<\/p>\n “She wrote that in her book? That\u2019s complete and utter bull—-,” Shapiro said in response to the description of him in her book. “I can tell you that her accounts are just blatant lies.”<\/p>\n “I did ask a bunch of questions,” Shapiro told Alberta. “Wouldn\u2019t you ask questions if someone was talking to you about forming a partnership and working together?”<\/p>\n Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro was considered by former Vice President Kamala Harris to be her running mate, but she chose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. (Joe Lamberti\/Bloomberg via Getty Images; James Manning\/PA Images via Getty Images)<\/p>\n KAMALA HARRIS BREAKS SILENCE ON BIDEN DROPOUT, ADMITS SHE HAS REGRETS ABOUT HER HANDLING OF SITUATION<\/a><\/p>\n Alberta said he found that both Shapiro’s staff and Harris’ described the meeting similarly. He asked Shapiro if he felt betrayed by Harris.<\/p>\n “I mean, she\u2019s trying to sell books and cover her a–,” he said, before backtracking. “I shouldn\u2019t say \u2018cover her a–.\u2019 I think that\u2019s not appropriate.”<\/p>\n “She\u2019s trying to sell books. Period,” he concluded.<\/p>\n Harris also had reservations about former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg<\/a>, which she detailed in the book.<\/p>\n Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro in conversation ahead of providing an update on the act of arson that took place at the Governor’s Residence, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, April 13, 2025. (Commonwealth Media Services\/Handout via Reuters)<\/p>\n KAMALA HARRIS COMPLAINS ABOUT ‘IMPOSSIBLE’ LACK OF SUPPORT FROM BIDEN’S COMMS TEAM, INNER CIRCLE<\/a><\/p>\n Buttigieg, who is gay,<\/a> “would have been an ideal partner \u2013 if I were a straight white man,”\u00a0Harris wrote in<\/a> the book. “But we were already asking a lot of America: to accept a woman, a Black woman, a Black woman married to a Jewish man. Part of me wanted to say, Screw it, let\u2019s just do it. But knowing what was at stake, it was too big of a risk.”<\/p>\n The former vice president ultimately tapped Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz<\/a>, who wound up attracting negative headlines for the campaign over past misleading statements about his military record.<\/p>\n Former Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Emerge 20th Anniversary Gala in San Francisco, California, on April 30, 2025. (CAMILLE COHEN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE<\/a><\/p>\n Harris’ office did not immediately return a request for comment.<\/p>\n During a September interview, Shapiro had argued<\/a> that the former vice president needed to answer for why she didn’t raise any concerns about former President Joe Biden’s health while in office.<\/p>\n Shapiro said he was “extremely vocal” about Biden\u2019s fitness to run again<\/a> and argued that Biden\u2019s staff failed to fully brief him on his dwindling chances of victory.<\/p>\n![\"Harris](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/shapiro-harris-split.jpg\")
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