Kamala Harris' top VP pick is dragged into shocking sexual harassment cover up fight - as rival makes haunting prediction
Kamala Harris' top vice president pick has been dragged into a shocking sexual harassment scandal.
Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, 51, is in the running to take Harris' job as vice president should she beat Donald Trump in November.
Harris has so far requested materials from Shapiroas part of a vetting process that includes several governors of swing states that could be an asset to her efforts.
But a Pennsylvania Democrat who will be on the ticket this November is accusing Shapiro of being involved in a cover-up and even made a shocking prediction regarding how he might wreck Harris' campaign.
Erin McClelland, the Dem nominee for treasurer in the state, has caused an intra-party fight after her tweet Tuesday night endorsing North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper to be Harris' running mate.
'I want a VP pick that's secure enough to be second under a woman, is content to be VP & won't undermine the President to maneuver his own election & doesn't sweep sexual harassment under the rug,' she wrote, referring to Shapiro.
'I want someone that can speak to rural voters. That is @RoyCooperNC,' she added, referencing the lone southern governor on the list of names being vetted
After not explicitly naming him in the post, McClelland confirmed to the New York Post that she was referring to Shapiro.
'If I were in her situation, I would think very strongly about the difficulties that some women experience being in a top-level position, and having men around them that have to be satisfied with being second, third or answering to a woman,' she said.
In 2023, Shapiro's office quietly settled for $250,000 with a woman who'd accused Mike Vereb - a legislative liaison to the governor and decades-long ally - of sexual harassment.
Vereb did not resign until seven months after the accusationwas made and Shapiro was criticized for how he handled the incident.
'It really makes me so angry that I have to stop talking because I'll say things I shouldn't,' said Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward told the Philadelphia Inquirer after Vereb's resignation.
'It's so infuriating that [Vereb] stayed in that position for months, one of the highest positions in the administration.'
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