Governor Josh Shapiro Blasts Kamala Harris’ Recollections About Him in Her Book: ‘Blatant Lies’

Josh Shapiro, who is currently serving as the 48th governor of Pennsylvania, is publicly calling out Kamala Harris.

In a lengthy profile in The Atlantic published Wednesday, December 3, the 52-year-old politician was asked about the former vice president, 61, over the course of multiple interviews held earlier this fall.

According to writer Tim Alberta, Shapiro’s responses were always “polished and predictable” — until things unexpectedly took a turn.

Before one of their meetings, the political journalist read early excerpts of Harris’ memoir 107 Days (which was eventually released on September 23) and Shapiro said he “had not” been given a forewarning about the passages that included their interactions.

“Then I told him that Harris had taken some shots at him,” journalist Alberta wrote in the Atlantic profile.

Per Alberta’s profile, Shapiro had “lost some respect” for Harris (according to people close to the Pennsylvania governor) during her 2024 presidential campaign. After Joe Biden withdrew from the race, Harris considered selecting Shapiro as her running mate before ultimately choosing Minnesota governor Tim Walz.

As Alberta began to read Shapiro the 107 Days excerpts, he “moved between outrage and exasperation,” the journalist claimed.

According to Alberta, “Harris had accused him, in essence, of measuring the drapes, even inquiring about featuring Pennsylvania artists in the vice-presidential residence; of insisting ‘that he would want to be in the room for every decision’ Harris might make; and, more generally, of hijacking the conversation when she interviewed him for the job, to the point where she reminded him that he would not be co-president,” the profile read.

“She wrote that in her book?” Shapiro asked in response to the claim about the art. “That’s complete and utter bulls**t.”

“I can tell you that her accounts are just blatant lies,” Shapiro added.

Regarding the time Harris interviewed him for candidate consideration, Shapiro admitted, “I did ask a bunch of questions,” adding: “Wouldn’t you ask questions if someone was talking to you about forming a partnership and working together?”

When asked if he felt betrayed by what Harris wrote, Shapiro said, “I mean, she’s trying to sell books and cover her ass.”

He then clarified, “I shouldn’t say ‘cover her ass.’ I think that’s not appropriate. She’s trying to sell books. Period.”

Finally, when asked if he was disappointed that he wasn’t chosen to stand beside Harris during the presidential campaign, Shapiro implied he wasn’t.

“On the scale of life’s disappointments,” Alberta wrote of Shapiro’s reaction, “this one barely registered.”