‘These Progressives Don’t Want a Jew’: House Democrat Slams Opposition On The Left to Josh Shapiro as VP Pick

Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) took aim at the progressive wing of his party on Thursday and accused them of not wanting a Jewish vice president.

Moskowitz shared an article from the Hill titled, “Progressives sound alarm as Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro VP stock rises,” and added:

These Progressives don’t want a Jew. Let’s say it out loud. Imagine if moderate Dems said they didn’t want a certain minority. The condemnations would be deafening. Yet now we hear much silence.

The article Moskowitz shared covered a letter from 50 progressive leaders urging Vice President Kamala Harris not to choose Shapiro as her running mate. The Hill reported that the letter “pointed to Shapiro’s ‘shortcomings as a national candidate’ and urged the vice president to consider Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) instead.”

“With the compressed timeline ahead of us to defeat the Trump -Vance-MAGA threat, we simply cannot afford any setbacks,” the letter added.

Shapiro is considered to be one of Harris’s leading choices for a running mate as he is very popular in Pennsylvania – a key state for Harris in November.

ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt slammed the Democratic Socialists of America earlier in the week for their public opposition to Shapiro based on his support of Israel.

“So @JoshShapiroPA shares the same views on Israel and the Middle East with all the other Dem VP prospects, but the DSA singles only him out for attack on these issues. When the DSA holds Jewish people to double standards, it’s #antisemitism,” wrote Greenblatt, adding:

Like Hamas and the Islamic Republic of Iran, the DSA refuses even to write the word “Israel,” instead referring to an OECD member as the “Zionist project in Palestine.” When the DSA delegitimizes the Jewish state, it’s #antisemitism.

Antisemitism is hate.
Antisemitism is indefensible.
Antisemitism is anti-American.
The DSA and its toxic bigotry should have no place in American politics.

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