Donald Trump Tears Into ‘Highly Overrated Jewish Governor’ Josh Shapiro

Donald Trump has ripped into Josh Shapiro and referred to as him a “extremely overrated Jewish governor” after his speech supporting Kamala Harris.

The previous president took purpose on the Pennsylvania Democrat on his Fact Social platform on Wednesday, after Shapiro delivered a speech on the Democratic Nationwide Conference in Chicago.

Trump mentioned: “The extremely overrated Jewish Governor of the Nice Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, made a very unhealthy and poorly delivered speech speaking about freedom and preventing for Comrade Kamala Harris for President, but she hates Israel and can do nothing however make its journey by the complexities of survival as tough as attainable, hoping in the long run that it’ll fail.

“Decide solely by her actions!”

Trump added: “But Shapiro, for strictly political causes, refused to acknowledge that I’m the perfect buddy that Israel, and the Jewish individuals, ever had. I’ve completed extra for Israel than any President, and admittedly, I’ve completed extra for Israel than any individual, and it isn’t even shut.

“Shapiro has completed nothing for Israel, and by no means will. Comrade Kamala Harris, the Radical Left Marxist who stole the nomination from Crooked Joe, will do even much less. Israel is in BIG hassle!”

Shapiro criticized the previous president in his speech, saying one other Trump time period would threaten the liberty of Individuals.

He mentioned: “Whereas he cloaks himself within the blanket of freedom, what he is providing is not freedom in any respect.”

“Hear me on this, it isn’t freedom to inform our youngsters what books they’re allowed to learn. And it isn’t freedom to inform ladies what they will do with their our bodies,” Shapiro mentioned to applause.

“And listen to me on this, it certain as hell just isn’t freedom to say ‘you may go vote however he will get to choose the winner.’ That is not freedom. You already know what Democrats? We’re the occasion of actual freedom.”

Earlier than Harris introduced Walz as her working mate, Shapiro was considered as one of many contenders for the function.

The 51-year-old was seen as a powerful choice because the governor of a swing state and a extra average choice. However he confronted some criticism from progressive Democrats for his earlier feedback about Palestinians and pro-Palestinian protesters.

Shapiro is a powerful supporter of Israel, calling it “the one pluralistic, functioning democracy within the Center East.” He helps a two-state answer and has been vital of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who he has dubbed “a failed chief” who took his nation in a “very harmful course,” based on Ahead.

On the primary day of the DNC, August 19, Shapiro instructed the Jewish Telegraphic Companythat antisemitism performed “no function” in Harris not selecting him as her working mate.

He mentioned: “I wish to be sure you hear this from me: Antisemitism performed no function within the dialogue I had with the vice chairman. None.

“It’s true that there’s antisemitism on this nation, together with racism and Islamophobia and homophobia, and we have to rise up and condemn all of it,” he mentioned.

He added: “There isn’t a place for it within the Democratic Occasion, and there’s no place for it in our nation.”