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2024-03-31 Home Front: Politix
RFK Jr. Picks Radical Leftist As Running Mate, DNC unhappy
[PJMedia] Speculation can finally end as sources reveal that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has selected Nicole Shanahan, a Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, attorney, as his vice presidential candidate for his campaign.

In addition to being an attorney, Shanahan, 38, runs a foundation dedicated to left-wing causes like child sacrifice abortion rights, criminal justice reform, and fighting climate change. According to the Wall Street Journal, prior to joining forces with Kennedy, Shanahan had a history of supporting Democratic campaigns, including Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S., who gives the term geriatric a bad name. He blames Afghans for losing Afghanistan....
's 2020 presidential campaign. Kennedy is expected to formally introduce Shanahan as his running mate during an event scheduled for Tuesday in Oakland, Calif., Shanahan's hometown.

Shanahan, a political novice, was thrust into the spotlight over her public split with [Google co-founder Sergey] Brin amid a brief alleged affair she had with Elon Musk in 2021 that ruptured the billionaires’ long friendship, The Wall Street Journal reported. After the article published, Musk denied the allegations.
No, no! Certainly not!
and Shanahan later followed suit.

A Journal spokeswoman has said the Journal stands by its reporting.

In addition to donating to Kennedy’s campaign, Shanahan told the New York Times

... which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...

she donated $4 million to the Kennedy-aligned super PAC that ran the Super Bowl ad supporting his candidacy. Shanahan not only paid for a significant portion of the controversial ad—which repurposed an ad from when his uncle John F. Kennedy Jr.ran for president and caused controversy with some members of his family—but she was a key force in the ad’s production.

She has said that she aligns with Kennedy on issues such as vaccine skepticism and the environment. Kennedy is known for his claims—debunked by public-health experts—linking childhood vaccinations to autism and casting doubt on the safety of Covid-19 vaccines. In an interview with the Journal last year Kennedy said he wasn’t antivaccine but believed they should go through more rigorous scrutiny. Shanahan used a similar line in her New York Times interview..

There's something else about Shanahan that you should know, according to Charlie Kirk, the founder of TPUSA.

While it's hardly shocking that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would pick a radical leftist to join his ticket, it will be interesting to see how some conservatives who have found themselves attracted to Kennedy's candidacy will respond to this selection. So far, they've refused to acknowledge his left-wing record, which includes donating extensively to Democrats, admiring Bernie Sanders
...The only first openly Socialist member of the U.S. Senate. Sanders was Representative-for-Life from Vermont until moving to the Senate for the rest of his life in 2006, assuming the seat vacated by Jim Jeffords. He ran for the 2016 nomination for president, to be cheated out of it by Hillary Clinton, then went back to being an Independent socialist, waiting for 2020 to roll around...
and Louis Farrakhan, and supporting radical policies like the Green New Deal, divesting from fossil fuels, child sacrifice abortion on demand without limits, and huge tax hikes.

Kennedy has previously maintained that his independent bid for the presidency hurts Donald Trump
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
more than Biden; however, recent polls have been suggesting the opposite. Had Kennedy chosen a centrist or a moderate Republican as his running mate, it may have helped his bipartisan appeal, but it seems likely now that Shanahan could turn off conservatives who weren't willing to see Kennedy's left-wing radicalism before, further threatening Biden.

It will no doubt take some time to see if Shanahan's inclusion on the ticket will impact the race, but I don't think it will be good news for Biden.

Related: DNC Goes Into Full Panic Mode About Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Presidential Bid
Posted by trailing wife 2024-03-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11146 views ]  Top

#1 And the demoncrats are already waging lawfare against him to keep him off the ballot in multiple states.... even though he has the signatures.

Also anything that gets the collective panties in a bunch for the demoncrats I support.
Posted by DarthVader 2024-03-31 01:42||   2024-03-31 01:42|| Front Page Top

#2 He would be a terrible president, but it is amusing that he is now a threat to the Democrats from the left, not just because he has the Kennedy name and grin.
Posted by trailing wife 2024-03-31 06:38||   2024-03-31 06:38|| Front Page Top

#3 waging lawfare

Cause their concept of 'democracy' is 'our power'
Why should the people have a choice
Posted by Procopius2k 2024-03-31 07:28||   2024-03-31 07:28|| Front Page Top

#4 The word democracy has lost all serious meaning.
Posted by M. Murcek 2024-03-31 07:30||   2024-03-31 07:30|| Front Page Top

#5 #4 ochlocracy?
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-03-31 10:05||   2024-03-31 10:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Anything that reduces the likelihood of president Kamala is OK with me (and you can't say that, as an Israeli, I don't have an interest).
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-03-31 10:07||   2024-03-31 10:07|| Front Page Top

#7 We Americans may well vote for that. And that's democracy - the principle that the people should get what they voted for. Good and hard.
Posted by M. Murcek 2024-03-31 10:12||   2024-03-31 10:12|| Front Page Top

#8 @#5 - Kleptocracy might as well.
Posted by DooDahMan 2024-03-31 10:51||   2024-03-31 10:51|| Front Page Top

#9 I've only talked with one person who MIGHT consider voting for RFK Jr and he's most likely to vote for Trump again. His wife might vote for Kennedy because Trump is, well she's not quite clear on what she doesn't like about him.

Posted by EMS+Artifact 2024-03-31 11:16||   2024-03-31 11:16|| Front Page Top

#10 ^ Mean tweets? Or something else equally important?
Posted by Frank G 2024-03-31 11:48||   2024-03-31 11:48|| Front Page Top

#11 Does he have AIPAC's support? If not his candidacy is dead in the water.
How about Shanahan? This could be the fastest VP run ever. I look forward to tomorrow's news where she's discovered to be an antisemite and withdraws from the race.
Posted by Anginenter+Sherelet4063 2024-03-31 12:32||   2024-03-31 12:32|| Front Page Top

#12 More likely, Kennedy flip flops on support for Israel to pander to the far left.
Posted by M. Murcek 2024-03-31 12:41||   2024-03-31 12:41|| Front Page Top

#13 Kennedy threatens Biden’s left flank. There was talk that he would steal Trump voters. I think that theory can be buried after the VP choice. Not sure why a Kennedy would want a Deep State connected VP. They already tried that.
Posted by Super Hose 2024-03-31 14:25||   2024-03-31 14:25|| Front Page Top

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