• nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca
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      VP picks are usually diversity hires. They’re chosen specifically for who they are (and who they can appeal to) rather than anything they can actually do. How many times has a presidential candidate from the North east chosen a running mate from the south to appeal to southern voters? It’s basically a tradition. The thing that makes it racist is to only notice when non-white people are involved.

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        The 12th amendment mandates the vp and president inhabit different states. That is a form of diversity hire, by constitutional requirement

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          Technically, it doesn’t mandate that. But it does mandate that no elector can vote for both a President and Vice President from their own state, so it would open up the possibility of a split administration. Which is why parties avoid it.

          It was amusing to see people float Gavin Newsom as Harris’s VP pick for that reason. With that rule, and the outsized number of Electoral votes that CA has, it’d practically guarantee a Harris/Vance administration if she won.

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            Yet another severely outdated law we have. Although getting rid of the EC would also take care of that problem.

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              No, they would do the Dick Cheney thing and say, “Ackshully I live in a different state now.”

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      No no no he’ll be the puppet master pulling the strings from behind the scenes

      /s

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        Aren’t they currently saying this about Harris during the Biden Presidency? Of course while claiming she’s dumb and not qualified.

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        That would be an even more horrendous accusation if he were Jewish.

        I’m actually just checking to see whether he has any Jewish ancestry for RW conspiracy nuts to bring up, just in case.

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      Nah, they’ll just talk about his old rocks and cows quote, or how he’s making sure children are fed in schools.