‘I Favor A Two-State Solution’: Josh Shapiro Clarifies Stance Amid Controversy Around Views

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On Friday, Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) answered questions from the press about Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate pick and his thoughts on a two-state solution.

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00:00What do you think the Vice President is looking for in a running mate?

00:02I think it's a good question for her.

00:04I think it is a deeply, deeply personal decision.

00:08One that she understands because she went through it four years ago when then-candidate

00:13Biden, our nominee Biden, chose her.

00:16She is obviously uniquely aware of the importance of picking someone who she can run with and

00:23win with and, of course, govern with.

00:25And I know she will make this decision, as she makes every decision, in the best interest

00:29of the American people.

00:30What do you think you bring to the ticket, Governor, the process I understand, but what

00:35do you think you bring?

00:36I'm not going to engage in those kind of hypotheticals.

00:38That's a conversation for her, a question for her.

00:41The Philadelphia Inquirer is writing about a 1993 college article you wrote where you

00:46expressed skepticism about a two-state solution.

00:49I understand you do support a two-state solution now.

00:51Can you kind of just talk about that evolution?

00:54Something I wrote when I was 20?

00:55Is that what you're talking about?

00:57I was 20.

00:58Look, I have said for years, years, long before October 7th, that I favor a two-state solution.

01:08Israelis and Palestinians living peacefully side-by-side, being able to determine their

01:14own futures and their own destinies, being able to work as they want and worship as they

01:19want and understand the power of living peacefully side-by-side and how that will lift up both

01:26parties in this or both sides of this conversation.

01:31This is obviously a very challenging situation and has been for hundreds if not thousands

01:37of years.

01:38It is my hope that we can see a day where peace will reign in the Middle East, where

01:43there will be a two-state solution, where all leaders involved in the conversations

01:49will respect the other side and show a willingness to make the hard choices to find peace.

01:56And I hope that the U.S. government will always be a partner in peace and trying to find a

02:00path forward in the Middle East.

02:03Governor, do you think the Israelis' – she had a question.

02:06Go ahead.

02:07Do you think the Israelis' killing, assassination of two leaders this week, one in Iran, one

02:14in Beirut, were proper?

02:16I think that's a question for the national security team, who has a lot more information

02:21on the circumstances surrounding that.

02:23You need me to hook you up with an interview with somebody else here, Cole?

02:26You keep asking me questions that aren't for me.

‘I Favor A Two-State Solution’: Josh Shapiro Clarifies Stance Amid Controversy Around Views

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