Two Democrat governors, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, are in Bucks County, Pennsylvania on Monday to try and drum up some support and excitement for newly minted Democratic Party presumptive nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris. An interesting side note is that both of these governors are potential vice presidential picks for the Harris ticket. According to NewsNation, Harris is in the process of vetting the potential candidates so she can make her pick. Both Whitmer and Shapiro are allegedly on her “short list” of potentials.
Along with these two, Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Waltz of Minnesota, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg have all been headliners for various activities involving the Harris campaign, clearly vying for the coveted spot on the Harris ticket as well. Harris is said to be looking for a running mate who she feels she has chemistry with and who makes her feel comfortable that she can rely on and trust. The vetting process for a potential pick has been expedited due to the unusual circumstances through which Harris became the party’s nominee.
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“That process has begun in earnest and we do not expect to have additional updates until the Vice President announces who will be serving as her running mate and as the next Vice President of the United States,” a spokesperson for the campaign said to NewsNation. An official working for the campaign has confirmed to the outlet that this process is now well underway, but no further elaboration was made.
Interestingly, Greg Price, a conservative commentator, shared a post on X slamming both Whitmer and Shapiro saying, “Two famous governors are coming to campaign for the unelected Democrat nominee for president and the best they could do is a high school gym that fits 1,000 people.”
“With his 61% approval rating in the king of the battlegrounds, Shapiro is among several leaders on the ground in the Keystone State, speaking to voters over the weekend and joining Harris supporters in an all-out weekend of action across battleground states to register voters. Buck County is a purple county in the crucial swing state and currently has more than 478,000 registered voters. There’s been a recent shift in the county as more residents are registering to vote Republican rather than Democratic, the first time since 2007,” the NewsNation report went on to explain in the closing of the article.