Kammy asked Josh if he was a Double Agent

Kamala Harris asked vice presidential candidate Josh Shapiro if he was an Israeli double agent, or if he ever had been a double agent for the Israeli government.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro was left 'offended' by members of Kamala Harris' presidential campaign, who asked him whether he was a 'double agent' for Israel.

Shapiro wrote that the process was far more contentious than publicly understood.

Harris’s vetting team focused heavily on his positions on Israel.

The Jewish governor made the revelation in his new memoir, Where We Keep the Light, in which he discussed the questions he faced as Harris narrowed down her vice presidential pick.

Shapiro was among the finalists to become Harris' VP along with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly.

The Harris camp seemed particularly concerned with his thoughts about Israel amid the war with Hamas - and even asked Shapiro point-blank whether he had been a 'double agent' for the Israeli government.

Shapiro replied that the question was offensive, according to The New York Times.

The governor was then told: 'Well, we have to ask.'

He went on to say that the fact that he was asked the question 'said a lot about some of the people around the VP.'

That was not the only question about Israel that the Harris campaign lobbed at Shapiro, whose home was once firebombed over the war in Gaza.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, who is Jewish, was left 'offended' when members of Kamala Harris' campaign asked him whether he was a 'double agent' for Israel

The governor was on Harris' short list to be her running mate

He was pressed repeatedly on Israel‑related issues.

'I wondered whether these questions were being posed to just me - the only Jewish guy in the running - or if everyone was being grilled about Israel in the same way.'

'I had a knot in my stomach all through these sessions.'

The Pennsylvania governor had been considered a favorite to be Harris' running mate due to his popularity in an important swing state.

Many leftists, though, had been worried that Shapiro would be too pro-Israel and Democrats were concerned his nomination would ultimately hurt Harris' campaign. 

Shapiro was a finalist to become Harris’s vice presidential pick, but she ultimately chose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

President Donald Trump, who defeated Harris in the 2024 election, has several times since insisted that Harris did not pick Shapiro, whom he said would have been a stronger choice than Walz, because of his Jewish heritage.

Shapiro said that "It is true that antisemitism is present within our party, and we have to stand up and speak out against that."

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Aaron Keyak,  former deputy special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism during the Biden/Harris administration, condemned the double-agent question.

It was an “antisemitic inquiry,” he said in a statement on Sunday.

Shapiro’s experience, Keyak said, was similar to those of “too many” who had told him about being asked similar questions.

Keyak said he also had faced “questions in a classified setting that my fellow non-Jewish political appointees did not.”

“These sorts of antisemitic questions are anti-American and do not represent the best that the Democratic Party offers,” Keyak said. “Now and especially during the next presidential campaign, we must demand better.”

One questioner, former White House counsel Dana Remus,  asked Shapiro, “Have you ever communicated with an undercover agent of Israel?” Shapiro said in response, “If they were undercover, how the hell would I know?”