Rahm Emanuel believes the vetting process of Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA), in which he was asked if he was a double agent for Israel by former Vice President Kamala Harris’s team, was both “totally inappropriate” and “totally appropriate.”

The former mayor of Chicago, who is himself Jewish, underwent extensive vetting as former President Barack Obama’s chief of staff and a former ambassador to Japan under former President Joe Biden. He said he understood the Harris team’s need for thoroughness while vetting candidates such as Shapiro, a Jewish American, and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), who was asked about his ties to China.