"Are You a Double Agent?" Josh Shapiro Exposes Shocking Antisemitic Question from Kamala Harris' Vetting Team

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is serving up some serious revelations in his new memoir, pulling back the curtain on Kamala Harris's 2024 VP vetting process in "Where We Keep the Light: Stories from a Life of Service" (out January 27).

As the only Jewish contender in the mix (and a rising star eyed for a 2028 White House run), Shapiro details a vetting process that veered from standard background checks into what he calls downright offensive territory, including a jaw-dropping question about whether he'd ever been an "agent of the Israeli government."

The Shocking 'Double Agent' Question

Imagine this: It's the height of Harris's rushed VP selection in summer 2024, after President Joe Biden bowed out. Shapiro, fresh off a landslide gubernatorial win in Pennsylvania (a must-win swing state), is a top pick. But according to his book, the vetting, led by folks like Dana Remus, a former Biden White House counsel turned Harris senior advisor, got weirdly fixated on his Jewish identity and pro-Israel stance.

In a last-minute call, Remus straight-up asks, "Have you ever been an agent of the Israeli government?" Shapiro writes he was floored: "Had I been a double agent for Israel? Was she kidding?" He fired back that it was "offensive," only to get a shrug: "Well, we have to ask."

He adds that while Remus was "just doing her job," the whole exchange "said a lot about some of the people around the VP."

Shapiro says the team hammered him on his views about Israel, campus antisemitism (he's been vocal against it), and even if he'd ever chatted with undercover Israeli operatives. "If they were undercover, how could I possibly know?" he quips in the book.

He wondered aloud if this Israel obsession was unique to him, "the only Jewish guy in the running," or if everyone got the third degree. Spoiler: He suspects not.

Shapiro pulls no punches, calling the process "unnecessarily contentious" and hinting it smacked of a double standard.

Beyond the "agent" question, Shapiro reveals that Harris's team pressured him to walk back his stance on the 2024 college campus protests:

Shapiro had been a vocal critic of encampments at the University of Pennsylvania, labeling some of the rhetoric as antisemitic.Harris’s team reportedly asked if he would "be willing to apologize" for those comments to appease the progressive base.Shapiro refused, writing: "I believe in free speech... But some [of the protests] wasn't peaceful."

Remember, this was amid left-wing pushback against him, groups like the progressive wing of the Democrats questioned his "ties to Israel," seeing him as too hawkish on Gaza or too quick to crack down on pro-Palestinian campus protests.

The memoir doesn't stop at the vetting team, Shapiro also discusses his one-on-one with Harris herself. It went south fast: They clashed over policy, including Israel, and he felt the vibe was off. Reporters staking out his house caught him looking peeved after the meetings.

Ultimately, Shapiro bowed out, and Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz instead. But Shapiro insists it wasn't antisemitism that sank him, though the questions sure raised eyebrows.

This revelation comes just months after Kamala Harris released her own memoir, 107 Days, which covered her short-lived 2024 presidential campaign. The two books paint a picture of mutual distrust:

In her book, Harris claimed she passed on Shapiro because he seemed "overly confident" and "mused that he would want to be in the room for every decision," leading her to conclude he wanted to be a "co-president" rather than a Vice President.

In a recent interview promoting his book, Shapiro accused Harris of telling "blatant lies" in her memoir regarding their meetings.

This revelation hits at a sensitive time, antisemitism spiked post-October 7, 2023, and Shapiro's own home was hit by an arson attack in 2025. As a proud Jew (he keeps kosher, observes Shabbat), he's been a vocal Israel supporter, but also pushes for Palestinian rights in a two-state solution.

Shapiro's positioning himself as a moderate Dem powerhouse, this book could boost his 2028 buzz. Harris, eyeing her own comeback, might face questions on this. No official response from her camp yet, but expect fireworks.

If this is the tip of the iceberg, Shapiro's 257-page tell-all (published by Simon & Schuster) promises more on his life, from his Jewish roots to battling Trumpism.

Shapiro is scheduled for a media blitz starting next week in Philadelphia and D.C. Expect him to be pressed on whether he believes the Harris campaign was institutionally antisemitic.