Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) was asked about Kamala Harris' presidential bid and speculation that he could be selected as her running mate.
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00:00I just said you don't want her doing all that thinking if you're going to say no, though.
00:05What's the question?
00:06You said that you want her to be able to think hard and pick who she wants.
00:10Would you at least be interested as a well-loved governor of the largest battleground state?
00:16Oh, you're so nice. I appreciate that. Yeah, well-loved.
00:19Listen, all I'm focused on is defeating Donald Trump.
00:23You know, I served as attorney general when he was president.
00:26I had to take that guy to court over and over and over again.
00:29By the way, won every single time, to defend our right to vote, to defend women's reproductive rights,
00:35to defend the rights of workers to be able to form and join a union.
00:41We do not want to go back to that.
00:43We don't want to go back to a time where Donald Trump literally sued the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
00:49to disenfranchise our voters here.
00:52And by the way, he and his allies sued us 43 times.
00:56He went 0 and 43. I went 43 and 0.
00:58And we had a free and fair, safe and secure election that Joe Biden won in 2020.
01:05What I am focused on is making sure we don't go back to Donald Trump's chaos
01:09and that we elect Kamala Harris the next president of the United States.
01:13I will tell you that I have known the vice president for nearly 20 years. Nearly 20 years.
01:20We have both been prosecutors.
01:23We have both stood up for the rule of law.
01:26And we have always both been for the people.
01:29That is diametrically opposed to everything Donald Trump has stood for.
01:34A man who has routinely screwed over the people.
01:38A man who has no respect for the rule of law.
01:42And I'll tell you what, I like our chances running a prosecutor against a guy who's a convicted felon 43 times over so far.
01:50Governor, it's reported that Eric Holder's law firm is handling the vetting of D.P. candidates.
01:55Have you heard from anyone in that law firm?
01:58I have not, no.
02:00Governor, it's reported that other governors have already taken themselves out of the running for vice president.
02:04I don't know who's talking here, I'm sorry.
02:05Hi.
02:06Yes, hi.
02:07If the vice president asks you to be for running against the president.
02:10I'm not going to engage in hypotheticals.
02:12This is a deeply personal decision that the vice president will make.
02:16She will make it on her own timetable and her own timeline.
02:19She needs to choose someone that she's prepared to govern with, campaign with, and someone that she feels most comfortable with.
02:26And that decision should be made free of any sort of political pressure.
02:30Are you interested in the job?
02:31I'm focused on doing my job here in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
02:34I'm focused here on bringing in the second largest federal investment.
02:40And I'm focused every single day on three letters, G.S.D.
02:49We focus on getting shit done for the good people of Pennsylvania.
02:53I want to see, I think the Newcastle News, which is the New York Times of Lawrence County, had a question.
03:02Hang on.
03:05Do you all have your hands up back there?
03:07All right.
03:08Go ahead.
03:09Go ahead.
03:10Governor, if I may, it sounds like you've made it clear you don't want to engage in that hypothetical.
03:13But do you think that-
03:14I think I'm liberal.
03:16Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:18Do you understand why we're asking the question?
03:20Because you're going to continue to get this question posed to you.
03:22Listen, I'm just psyched you all are here at Western PA.
03:25I hope you stop by Eaton Park, get some cookies.
03:28I hope you stay in our hotels.
03:30I hope you spend a whole lot of money here.
03:32I'm with the Protection News Force, and we've been covering you day to day.
03:35But do you think you're among the most qualified candidates?
03:38I'm not going to engage in that.
03:40The vice president, who will soon be our 47th president, she will make that determination going forward as to who is best to serve alongside her in running this country.