If you were a Democrat and you wanted the Democrats to win, look, obviously you didn't want that. I didn't want that. But if you wanted the Democrats to win, Josh Shapiro was the obvious choice [for VP]... a popular governor in Pennsylvania, the single most important and largest swing state. in the country. And Harris wrote that she had three finalists. Shapiro, Tim Waltz, who she picked, and Arizona Senator Mark Kelly. (11:41–11:52)
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Asserts that Josh Shapiro was a strategic choice for VP due to his popularity and Pennsylvania's importance as a swing state.
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