Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro was already irritated by what he describes as 'unnecessarily contentious' questions from the team vetting him to be Kamala Harris's running mate when a senior aide made one final inquiry: 'Have you ever been an agent of the Israeli government'' Shapiro, one of the most well-known Jewish elected officials in the country'and one of at least three Jewish politicians considering a run for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination'says he took umbrage at the question. 'Had I been a double agent for Israel' Was she kidding' I told her how offensive the question was,' Shapiro writes in his forthcoming book, Where We Keep the Light, a copy of which The Atlantic obtained ahead of its release on January 27. The exchange became even more tense, he writes, when Remus asked whether Shapiro had ever spoken with an undercover Israeli agent. The questions left the governor feeling uneasy about the prospect of being Harris's No. 2, a role that ultimately went to...
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