Cruz: Harris made a mistake by choosing Walz as VP instead of PA's Shapiro

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, took aim at Vice President Kamala Harris over her lack of support for Israel, arguing that the decision not to tap Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as her running mate was because the vice president was opposed to it The “pro-Hamas” wing of the Democratic Party gave in.

“You should be asking yourself why she didn't pick Josh Shapiro as her running mate?” Cruz said during an appearance on Fox News' “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo on Sunday. “The answer is that in today’s Democratic Party they cannot tolerate a candidate who is of Jewish descent.”

Cruz's comments come just two days before polls open on Election Day, with both Harris and former President Trump making their final votes in the seven key battleground states that promise to decide the race.

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Senator Ted Cruz returns to the Senate on February 12, 2021 in Washington, DC (Jabin Botsford – Pool/Getty Images)

Two battlegrounds in particular, Michigan and Pennsylvania, show the struggle Harris has had to cobble together a winning coalition, Cruz argued, noting that the vice president has tried to appease Pennsylvania's Jewish voters even though the administration she is part of is ” “most anti-Israel” is “one in American history.”

“Kamala Harris is lying to the people of Pennsylvania, and we know that she has been the sitting vice president for four years because she is not just some person off the street,” Cruz said. “Kamala Harris and Joe Biden have been the most anti-Israel administration this country has ever seen.”

The Real Clear Politics polling average shows an extremely close race in Pennsylvania in the final days of the election, with Trump currently holding a narrow 0.3-point lead in the critical battleground state.

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at Enmarket Arena on August 29, 2024 in Savannah, Georgia. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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The betting odds for the race are similarly high: ElectionBettingOdds.com gives Trump a 53.5% chance of winning Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the latest Fox News Power Rankings rate the swing state as wrongdoing.

Cruz suggested Sunday that Shapiro, who currently enjoys positive approval ratings among voters in his state, would have helped win the key state for Harris if she had elected him.

Gov. Josh Shapiro during a campaign rally with Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz on Aug. 6, 2024, in Philadelphia. (Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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“Shapiro could have won the state of Pennsylvania, but the pro-Hamas wing of the Democratic Party could not imagine such a thing and could not tolerate it,” Cruz said.

The Harris campaign did not immediately respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment.

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