"No Genocide Josh" campaign doubles down as Shapiro VP speculation grows

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"No Genocide Josh" campaign doubles down as Shapiro VP speculation grows - Lemmy.World

Walz went from around 20% at the start of the day, to over 50% over the course of the day on polymarket.

Walz makes more sense than Shapiro does for winning the election.

Harris is a Democrat, and Shapiro is a very tempting unforced error. Defeat is right there in the very jaws of victory, and all Harris has to do is reach down and seize it.

Look, I’ve trained myself to not do what I’m about to do. I’ve sought professional help to stop me from typing exactly what I’m about to type. I’ve lost fingers to this mousetrap.

I really think Harris might be different.

She’s shown better political instinct than I could ever have hoped. She is like, actually working the opportunity, and frankly, seems to be good at it. Overcooked pasta was going to poll better than Biden. But it really seems like Harris understands that she needs to do better with specific groups, and progressives and Muslims, the undecided vote, is that group. PA and “never Trump” Republicans might just have to come along on this ride. Democratic politicians and party managers have spent their entire modern political history wishing they had Republicans for voters. It might be she recognizes what she needs to do to win.

She might be able to win with Shapiro, but it comes real fucking close and its a big fuck you to a lot of people, who specifically withheld their votes because of the US policy on Israel Gaza.

If she goes Walz, all the fucking blue-maga/ Biden bullshit artists here who sandbagged, like they know shit and were giving us, and people like @[email protected] grief can suck our collective dicks. If it wasn’t for a very small, but very vocal cohort of people CONTINUOUSLY ringing the alarm bell, we would be facing an absolute fucking blow-out in November. The Democrats deserve all the fucking criticism they earn, and if you have a problem with that, fuck off and go be a republican.

But maybe, just fucking maybe, Harris is different.

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Kamala Harris announces Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as VP

Kamala Harris has introduced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to the nation as “the vice president America deserves” at a raucous rally in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania. Harris selected Walz as her No. 2 against the Republican ticket of Donald Trump and Ohio Sen. JD Vance just hours earlier Tuesday. She says Walz is the "kind of person who makes people feel like they belong and then inspires them to dream big." For his part, Walz revved up the crowd for the rigorous campaign to come, saying, “We've got 91 days” and “We'll sleep when we're dead.”

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