Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) slammed Donald Trump on Thursday after the Republican presidential nominee went after him in a late night post on Truth Social.
“I think it’s clear over the last few years, Donald Trump is obsessed with me and obsessed with continuing to spew hate and division in our politics,” Shapiro told reporters.
“Remember he’s the guy who wanted Doug Mastriano to have this job,” Shapiro added, referring to his Trump-backed Republican opponent in the 2022 gubernatorial race who promotes antisemitism. “He’s the guy who has been repeatedly rejected by the voters in Pennsylvania. He himself in 2020, all of his handpicked candidates have lost and I think he’s headed for another loss to Kamala Harris.”
Shapiro’s response comes after Trump called him a “highly overrated Jewish Governor” and attacked him for supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’ White House run even though, Trump claims, she “hates Israel.”
“The highly overrated Jewish Governor of the Great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, made a really bad and poorly delivered speech talking about freedom and fighting for Comrade Kamala Harris for President,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Trump falsely accused Harris of hoping that Israel “will fail” and claimed he is “the best friend that Israel, and the Jewish people, ever had.”
“I have done more for Israel than any President, and frankly, I have done more for Israel than any person, and it’s not even close. Shapiro has done nothing for Israel, and never will,”I have done more for Israel than any President, and frankly, I have done more for Israel than any person, and it’s not even close. Shapiro has done nothing for Israel, and never will,” Trump added.
The White House slammed Trump over the post calling it “antisemitic.”
“It is Antisemitic, dangerous, and hurtful to attack a fellow American by calling out their Jewish faith in a derogatory way, or perpetuating the centuries-old smear of ‘dual loyalty,’” White House spokesman Herbie Ziskend said in a statement.
“President [Joe] Biden and Vice President Harris believe we must come together as Americans to condemn and combat Antisemitism – and hate and bigotry of all kinds,” Ziskend said.
Trump has claimed that Harris, who is married to a Jewish man, “doesn’t like Jewish people” and that Jews who support Democrats “does not love Israel and, frankly, should be spoken to.”
He recently told Elon Musk during a Xspace interview that any Jewish person who votes for Harris “should have their heads examined.”
On Thursday, Shapiro told reporters that his speech at the DNC was the “polar opposite of what Donald Trump is talking about.”
“I’m talking about real freedom, bringing people together, accepting folks no matter what they look like, where they come from, who they love, who they pray to and say this is a place for you,” he said.
“That’s diametrically opposed to everything Donald Trump believes and it’s clear that he’s going to continue to be the hateful, divisive person that he’s always been in this campaign,” the governor added.
