Oh this was interesting! I’m still all here for who the VP will be. As a Minnesotan I will be rooting for Walz because he’s awesome. Also his lieutenant governor is really great and will continue what they’ve been working on.
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I have been hearing very good things about Walz.
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I’ll also point out that after the BLM protests there is still plenty of racism, the police have not been defunded, and people are still getting shot. Also there has been a giant backlash.
So while I believe that protest is important I don’t actually think it’s going to have a lot of influence on foreign police.
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I would like to see Rashida Tlaib, Cori Bush, or Jeff Merkley (since he’s a White Man who has some decency around the genocide in Palestine).
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Protest is not the only way to take action.
This issue is not just about foreign police.
I think merkley is a no go because he’s Oregon (so it would be entirely a west coast ticket) and too liberal. Need a Midwest moderate to win.
Tlaib would be a wild ticket and make for a very very fun election cycle to cover - and is Midwest - but I don’t think it’s a terribly electable ticket. BUT IMAGINE the veep debate!!
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I am thinking less about electability and more about what would make me more inclined to vote for her.
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So you would prefer Trump?
I think that’s the stumbling block we’re having in this conversation.
We’re not picking a fantasy league. We get to pick A or B, where A might not be our very favorite but B is absolutely terrible, including on the issue you particularly care about.
See, this is a bad faith argument. I have been very clear about my opinion here.
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Agreed. It wasn’t who can win, it’s who do you want. Unfortunately none of the people I would want would win
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I see that the governor of NC has withdrawn his name from VP consideration because his Republican lieutenant governor would be in control when he was out of state.
I did not realize that there could be a Democrat governor and Republican lieutenant governor in a state?
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Yep and the lt gov is a piece of human trash and I pray to God he doesn’t get elected governor. His views on women are disgusting and about 50 years out of date.
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Whoa. I take it he did not choose him? That’s weird.
ETA: wait, shit, I think we do it that way here too. 
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Wow I didn’t know that was possible either! I’m guessing the laws are like the original US laws that say the second place person becomes the VP. I do wonder how the US would look if we still had that in place.
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Well then I’m glad he took himself off the VP list!
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Every state has a different rule but we don’t even have a Lt Governor here. Just secretary of state. Who is sometimes a diff party because they’re elected and run entirely separately.
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As someone who consumes an awful lot of media for work, Buttigieg has been hitting all the shows- left and right leaning - hard this week, mostly talking about transportation stuff but it’s way more media than he usually does.
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I’ve seen some of what he’s said and it’s awesome.
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I’d love to have him as VP.
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Anyone know what his stance on Palestine is?
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