Moment CNN panel spirals out of control after remark about why Kamala Harris chose Tim Walz over Josh Shapiro for VP

A CNN panel burst into heated debate after a remark about why Kamala Harris chose Tim Walz over Josh Shapiro to be her running mate.

Scott Jennings, a former staffer to President George W. Bush, ignited a frenzied back-and-forth between the other panelists when he made a shocking claim about the current vice president.

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The conservative pundit claimed Harris rejected Josh Shapiro as her partner on the ballot due to supposed anti-semitism, on CNN.

Jennings criticized Harris for picking Walz and said he felt the Minnesota governor was not a strong choice.

“Kamala Harris absolutely bowed down to the radical left in her party by not picking Shapiro, who is Jewish,” the panelist said.

“There was a nasty campaign run against him.”

“She wound up choosing the person who was not Jewish and not as talented and not from the state that she has to win,” he also claimed.

Jennings then claimed the Democratic Party was “somewhat awash in antisemitism.”

The pundits then broke off into a heated debate about Walz’s leadership in Minnesota and abortion.

Contributor Ashley Allison hit back at Jennings for his comments.

“One of the big issues in this election is a woman’s right to choose and guess what? Kamala Harris got a choice to make, and she got to make the choice who was going to be her running mate,” she said.

“You don’t get to tell her who she has to run with,” Allison added.

Former advisor to Barack Obama David Axelrod then cut in to say he didn’t like to see anti-semitism exploited.

“Anti-Semitism is something that a lot of us have faced in different ways, and my family has faced,” he added.

Allison and Jennings then moved their heated debate onto the topic of January 6.

“You know what was radical, sending troops out to clear protesters out in front of the White House so Donald Trump could have a photo op,” Allison claimed.

Jennings hit back at Allison with an attack on Walz during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

“There should have been troops on the streets of Minneapolis immediately. It was burning to the ground,” the conservative pundit claimed.

Walz was just over a year into his tenure as governor in Minnesota when protests took over Minneapolis.

Walz has now come under fire for waiting to deploy the Minnesota National Guard.

At the time, Walz took responsibility for the delay and mobilized the National Guard three days after protests grew violent.

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Even though Shapiro did not become Harris’ running mate, he showed out to support Walz during the ticket’s first joint campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

Shapiro introduced Walz and Harris at the rally and promised to help the ticket get elected in November.

He also posted a statement after Walz was announced as Harris’ running mate explaining that his work was in Pennsylvania.

“Pennsylvanians elected me to a four-year term as their Governor, and my work here is far from finished – there is a lot more stuff I want to get done for our Commonwealth,” he wrote.

Shapiro added that Walz was an “exceptionally strong addition to the ticket who will help Kamala move our country forward.”

Walz and Harris are expected to continue campaigning in battleground states ahead of the Democratic National Convention.