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Rittenhouse has a room temperature IQ.
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Rittenhouse has a room temperature IQ.
I'm beginning to think maybe Biden wasn't the only one who could have beaten historically unpopular Donald Trump in 2020.
Its not really about Shapiro at this point. Progressives are attempting to manufacture a controversy as a device to buy themselves a seat at the policy table in a Harris administration. The Shapiro "controversy" is simply a convenient pantomime villain to generate leverage to influence Harris if she wins. Otherwise, they would be more or less shut out of policy in a Harris administration.
2020 was anti trump. You would put any random normal person against him and would have won
I don't think so, it was very difficult for dems to get him out in 2020, particulary with his strength in the rust-belt.
I believe he is significantly weaker now.
Are people just ignoring the bit where Shapiro claims to have served in the IDF ?
A veteran too?
Yeah he was definitely much stronger in 20, which was reflected in how many votes he got. In any normal year, he would've won that election.
As much as a i like Bernie, i'm sort of happy he didn't get the nomination in 2020, i'm not sure he could have pulled it off, in fact, i rather doubt it.
In 2016, he would have had a good shot, not so much in 2020 imo.
I am sure most of US elected politicans today were straight up homophobic and much more racist 30 years back. Using what someone said 3 decades ago to paint them in certain light seems bizarre when you can just rely on his recent statements on ongoing conflict/massacre in Gaza. It is also disingenuous to argue that Pro Palestinian groups did not go digging into Shapiro's past mainly because he is a JEW. So anti semitism is definitely at play here.
What's wrong with the Dakotas? c'mon US Jews, get up in there.
Why is it meaningless when he criticizes Israel but not when he’s critical of Palestinians or pro-Palestinian protesters?
Not a name that has made the most noise, but J.B. Pritzker has been mentioned regularly as a consideration and one that the Harris campaign likes. He's not controversial like Shapiro, even though they're both Jewish. What could explain that?
This would be a ballsy pick.
If she’s most comfortable with him, he will be selected.
Hopefully it coming from someone as experienced, as knowledgeable and indeed as wise as the Speaker Emerita will be enough for Harris to see sense.
Didn't you claim it would strain credulity for Harris not to do whatever she can to win Pennsylvania, i. e. pick Shapiro?
I don't think so, it was very difficult for dems to get him out in 2020, particulary with his strength in the rust-belt.
I believe he is significantly weaker now.
A veteran too?
If she’s most comfortable with him, he will be selected.
But someone like @Drainy would pay himself to do it. Or was it another poster?Imagine if your job involved being forced to take a meeting with that dumb little crybaby. You couldn't pay me enough.
I don't think its that simple. As Harris deliberates, one of the key questions she will have in the back of her mind is whether the country is ready to elect a person of colour and a gay person on the same ticket.
Is homophobia also largely blunted in the US?I don’t think it will be a consideration since Pete has been on the national stage and has not only been broadly accepted, but also outperformed Harris herself in 2019/20. The only downside to Pete would be that he hasn’t been a Governor, but ultimately it will be a matter of being very comfortable working with him if she selects him.
Is homophobia also largely blunted in the US?
Oh c'mon...Wouldn't say so, especially since gay marriage has become less accepted in recent years in the US.
But someone like @Drainy would pay himself to do it. Or was it another poster?