Josh Shapiro calls Kamala Harris book claims about him 'utter bull----' in fiery interview response

Pennsylvania Gov Josh Shapiro unleashed on former Vice President Kamala Harris during an interview published Wednesday claiming that what the Democratic nominee for president wrote about him in her book was utter b------- During an interview with The Atlantic's Tim Alberta Shapiro denied what Harris alleged in her book Days which included discussions of Shapiro and others she vetted to be her running mate Harris disclosed Shapiro had inquired her staff lots of questions including how he might arrange to get Pennsylvania artists work on loan from the Smithsonian She also accused him of wanting to be involved in every decision and mentioned she reminded him a vice president is not a co-president She wrote that in her book That s complete and utter bull---- Shapiro disclosed in response to the description of him in her book I can tell you that her accounts are just blatant lies I did ask a bunch of questions Shapiro advised Alberta Wouldn t you ask questions if someone was talking to you about forming a partnership and working together KAMALA HARRIS BREAKS SILENCE ON BIDEN DROPOUT ADMITS SHE HAS REGRETS ABOUT HER HANDLING OF SITUATIONAlberta declared he discovered that both Shapiro's staff and Harris' described the meeting similarly He appealed Shapiro if he felt betrayed by Harris I mean she s trying to sell books and cover her a-- he explained before backtracking I shouldn t say cover her a-- I think that s not appropriate She s trying to sell books Period he concluded Harris also had reservations about former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg which she detailed in the book KAMALA HARRIS COMPLAINS ABOUT 'IMPOSSIBLE' LACK OF ENDORSEMENT FROM BIDEN'S COMMS SQUAD INNER CIRCLEButtigieg who is gay would have been an ideal partner if I were a straight white man Harris wrote in the book But we were already asking a lot of America to accept a woman a Black woman a Black woman married to a Jewish man Part of me demanded to say Screw it let s just do it But knowing what was at stake it was too big of a pitfall The former vice president ultimately tapped Minnesota Gov Tim Walz who wound up attracting negative headlines for the campaign over past misleading statements about his military record CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREHarris' office did not straightaway return a request for comment During a September interview Shapiro had argued that the former vice president needed to answer for why she didn't raise any concerns about former President Joe Biden's soundness while in office Shapiro noted he was extremely vocal about Biden s fitness to run again and argued that Biden s staff failed to fully brief him on his dwindling chances of mastery I can tell you that I tried to speak to them candidly about it and to do so in a constructive manner I believe in talking directly to the individuals not running around and talking to the media Shapiro announced I don't mean that disrespectfully but I think in that moment you've got to be direct and I was Fox News' Marc Tomasco contributed to this review