During a brief question and answer session, Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) was asked again about speculation that he could be selected as Kamala Harris' running mate.
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00:00Yes.
00:01Governor, can you address the reports that you're on a short list of candidates for the
00:07VP job that the Harris campaign has reached out to the vet?
00:12Let me say this, Vice President Harris is an extraordinary nominee for our party and
00:20she will be the 47th President of the United States, and I'm going to work my tail off
00:25for her.
00:27The Vice President now has an incredibly important and deeply personal decision to make, similar
00:35to the decision that then-candidate Biden made when he chose her to be his running mate,
00:43a decision on who's best to partner, who's best to help lead the country forward, who's
00:49best to campaign with to ensure that we defeat Donald Trump and his extremism.
00:55The Vice President, Vice President Harris, should make that decision free from any political
01:01pressure.
01:02It is her decision to make.
01:03She'll make it on the timeline that she so chooses, and she will, I assume like she does
01:08every decision she makes, make it in the best interest of the American people.
01:12Governor, you are on a short list.
01:13Can you tell us what it's like for you and your family to be there?
01:16I know we don't know what you're going to do.
01:17I don't know what list I'm on.
01:19I'm just here at Shippensburg celebrating the incredible, I'm going to take my coat
01:24off because I feel like I'm going to be stuck up here for a while and it's getting warm.
01:30You know, I'm here celebrating the important work that we've done, the way that we have
01:34brought Democrats and Republicans together to accomplish something really meaningful,
01:39something that for 30 years the Commonwealth hasn't been able to do.
01:43So to answer your question, I'm focused on doing my work.
01:46I'm focused on the political task at hand, which is to defeat Donald Trump.
01:51Listen, Donald Trump brings chaos to everything he does.
01:55Think about it.
01:56I was attorney general when he was president before.
01:58I spent more time with my team in court trying to protect people's rights because Donald
02:02Trump was trying to rip them away.
02:04Sadly, he was successful.
02:06He ripped away the rights of millions of women to be able to make decisions over their own
02:10body.
02:11And by the way, if he's returned to the White House, I'm sure he and Vance will try and
02:16pass a national ban.
02:18That's dangerous.
02:19Donald Trump has said he wants to take away health care from 1.2 million Pennsylvanians.
02:26He favors less freedom, not more.
02:29Kamala Harris, you know, I've known her 20 years, just about 20 years.
02:34She is tough as nails.
02:36She doesn't suffer fools.
02:37Like me, she's been a prosecutor.
02:39She stood up for the rule of law, and she has always stood for the people.
02:44Donald Trump has spent a career screwing over people, and I'm going to do everything in
02:49my power as the governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to stand up to his extremism
02:53and to deny him the keys to the White House once again.
03:02I'm focused on doing my work.
03:03I'm here doing it, and that's all I'm focused on.
03:06Yes.