Josh Shapiro

And I'm running for reelection right now in Pennsylvania, gonna work my ass off to win another term and earn the support of the people of Pennsylvania again.

And I want to continue to deliver, continue to focus on these issues that matter most.

And having that debate, I think, is really healthy.

Yeah, so I don't respectfully, I got to push back on that.

And again, I've been very, very open about it.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And respectfully, I'm not looking to be argumentative with you, but I, I can't.

Yeah, I was very, very detailed and and and very specific in my book about this process.

And I was very grateful to the vice president for being considered and grateful to her for the candid dialogue we had.

And about 48 hours before she picked Tim Walz, I pulled out, made clear that that was not something I was interested in doing.

I thought I could serve the good people of Pennsylvania and do my best serving here as governor in a job that I absolutely love.

So this wasn't about her not picking me because of my faith.

This was about me in the end not being interested in that job.

I called Sunday evening after she and I met and had a really candid conversation to inform her that I did not want to be considered.

I thought she had some really good people to choose from.

I appreciate your confidence there, my man.

I understand why you're asking that.

I will answer your question.

I don't think anyone should be looking past these midterms.