Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, took purpose at Vice President Kamala Harris for her lack of help for Israel, arguing that the choice to not faucet Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as her operating mate was a results of the vp caving to the “pro-Hamas” wing of the Democratic Social gathering.
“You oughta ask your self why didn’t she decide Josh Shapiro as her VP?” Cruz mentioned throughout an look on Fox Information’ “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo on Sunday. “The reply is, in at present’s Democrat Social gathering, they may not abdomen a candidate who was Jewish.”
Cruz’s feedback come simply two days earlier than polls open on Election Day, with each Harris and former President Trump making their remaining pitches within the seven key battleground states that promise to determine the race.
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Sen. Ted Cruz walks again to the Senate flooring on Feb. 12, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Jabin Botsford – Pool/Getty Photographs)
Two battlegrounds particularly, Michigan and Pennsylvania, present the battle Harris has had cobbling collectively a successful coalition, Cruz argued, noting that the vp has tried to appease Jewish voters in Pennsylvania regardless of the administration she serves in being the “most anti-Israel” one in American historical past.
“Kamala Harris is mendacity to folks in Pennsylvania, and we all know that as a result of she’s not just a few random individual off the road, she’s been the sitting vp for 4 years,” Cruz mentioned. “Kamala Harris and Joe Biden have been the one most anti-Israel administration this nation has ever seen.”
The Actual Clear Politics polling common reveals a particularly tight race in Pennsylvania within the remaining days of the election, with Trump at the moment holding a slim 0.3 level lead within the essential battleground state.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a marketing campaign rally on the Enmarket Area on Aug. 29, 2024, in Savannah, Georgia. (Win McNamee/Getty Photographs)
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Betting odds for the race are equally shut, with ElectionBettingOdds.com exhibiting Trump with 53.5% likelihood of successful Pennsylvania. In the meantime, the most recent Fox Information Energy Rankings charge the swing state as a toss-up.
Cruz instructed Sunday that Shapiro, who at the moment enjoys optimistic approval rankings amongst voters in his state, may have helped win the important thing state for Harris if she had chosen him.
Gov. Josh Shapiro throughout a marketing campaign occasion with Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz in Philadelphia on Aug. 6, 2024. (Hannah Beier/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photographs)
“Shapiro would possibly effectively have received the state of Pennsylvania for her, however the pro-Hamas wing of the Democrat Social gathering couldn’t think about, couldn’t tolerate, such a factor,” Cruz mentioned.
The Harris marketing campaign didn’t instantly reply to a Fox Information Digital request for remark.
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