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Auntie Shay’s Got…'s avatar

This is exactly why I’m a fan of the pick.

People will *start* voting for the general election in October.

Picking Mark Kelly is a sabotage move. It’s a suggestion meant to benefit pundits, who are desperate for a reason to get that spotlight off Kamala, and would insist on using up valuable media time introducing Kelly to the nation.

Pete wouldn’t have that problem.

And it’s not that Black people wouldn’t vote for Pete, but that Black people knew that WHITE people wouldn’t vote for a gay man in 2020.

So it wouldn’t have made sense to put our support behind the pick, especially with the South Bend incident being the most notable part of his resume at the time.

Now he’s the competent Secretary of Transportation with two impressive projects to his credit that benefited places with large Black populations.

We notice stuff like that.

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Jeff's avatar

I see your argument for Buttigieg; there’s also the advantage of him not having to vacate his electoral office, ‘cause it ain’t. I still like Walz, he’d be a good attack dog (the typical role for a VP nominee). He’s the one that came up with “weird”. 🤔😉😊

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