RFK Jr. to Pick Nicole Shanahan as His Running Mate

[brooklynite]

Source: Political Wire

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to tap Nicole Shanahan, a California-based attorney and entrepreneur once married to Google co-founder Sergey Brinn, as his running mate for his independent bid for the presidency, Mediaite reports.


Read more: https://politicalwire.com/2024/03/16/rfk-jr-to-pick-nicole-shanahan-as-his-running-mate/

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Who?

[Ocelot II]

1. Who?

[peppertree]

47. A gold-digger for a gold bug

One of the less-mentioned ulterior motives Jr. has for wanting Trump elected, is that he's a gold bug - i.e. he believes we should revert to the gold standard.

It would, as anyone with at least an Econ 101 knows (and as Julius Caesar found out too late), lead to a deep, immediate and prolonged depression.

But elites have warmed to the idea in recent years, because they understand that it would give them a monopoly on, well, everything.

Shanahan's probably on the same page (Trump, of course, is).

[OnDoutside]

2. The only Shanahan I've heard of is Dan Shanahan who

played hurling for Waterford.

[dweller]

3. Series, Lee

Who ?



✌🏻

[S/V Loner]

4. Seeing she donated 4 million to his capaign...

I guess that is the going rate for the VP slot.

[SunSeeker]

25. Ah, she bought her way onto the ticket.

She basically set her $4 million on fire.

[Fiendish Thingy]

5. And he's still on the ballot in only six states

AZ, GA, UT, HI, and a couple of others.

[TexasBushwhacker]

12. Well, UT and HI won't matter

I suppose he could do damage in AZ and GA. He's on the NH ballot too.

[Fiendish Thingy]

14. Yeah, AZ, GA, and WI are his targets

All he (along with Stein and No Labels) has to do is peel off 2-3,000 Biden votes each , out of 5-7 million votes, and Trump wins.

[Bucky]

36. Hopefully he'll go there and speak a lot about his ideas

People hearing him and learning what he stands for is our best hope against him drawing Democratic votes

[rso]

56. RSO

There’s no evidence that Kennedy will take more votes from Biden than he will from Trump, in fact, the opposite is probably the case given his anti-vax stance.

[Sky Jewels]

62. Dumbasses are drawn to him.

Thus, he'll be an attractive Trump alternative.

[womanofthehills]

52. He's in the ballot in Hawaii & Utah

And latest polls basically have Biden & Trump tied in Hawaii and Trump with a sizable lead in Utah. It’s still early though.

[TexasBushwhacker]

54. I'm surprised about Hawaii

But I know UT is red no matter what.

[mahina]

64. Absolutely not possible.

I’m looking forward to reading the details, but this is not correct based on real life in these islands. No way.

[TexasBushwhacker]

66. Yeah, Biden beat TSF by almost 30 points in 2020

Can you imagine what Trump's response to the Maui wildfires would have been?

[rso]

57. RSO

Don’t know where you’re getting info on Hawaii, but Biden is far ahead of Trump there.

[mahina]

63. No. Way. On. Earth.

I would like to read that poll. Do you have a link please?

These islands are deep blue.

[yardwork]

69. Dream on! Biden will win HI easily.

[WarGamer]

18. Super PAC supporting RFK Jr claims...

https://av24.org/ballot-access/

Enough signatures obtained to get ballot access in GA, AZ, MI, SC... still working on others.

[Enquiring_Mind]

61. Those first three are huge.

Hopefully he splits the crazy vote.

[hueymahl]

58. I expect him to be on the ballot in most states

And he is going to cause major problems. He should not be underestimated.

[former9thward]

6. A smart move.

Election law exempts presidential and VP candidates from the limits of contributions. So, she can self-fund the campaign.

[bluestarone]

8. Well, smart for one person maybe

[former9thward]

10. You don't know her life.

Maybe she wants the adventure of a political run and she has a ton of money.

[bluestarone]

11. Well, ok if you think so

I'll stick with ONE dumb one!

[JohnSJ]

39. If he was smart he wouldn't be running, along with Cornell West, and the no labels garbage, potentially helping trump

succeed in the electoral college in some very critical states.

In 2016 in every critical swing state, Hillary lost by less than 1%, while Jill Stein received 1% of the vote in those critical swing states.

It didn't take much.

I guess for some third-party candidates, they don't care being spoilers in one of the most dangerous times in American where we can lose our Democracy.

The only thing a third party candidate will do is act as a spoiler, because the way our elections are run through the electoral college, there is no way they will win.

[dutch777]

7. More whackadoodle irrelevance. But, Pee Wee Herman is dead....limited the choices.

[MLAA]

9. He chose her for her money.

[Red Mountain]

13. Vanity campaigns

don't come cheap.

[MLAA]

16. Neither do egos of that size and the combo is really expensive!

Per google search:
Vanity is excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities, appearance, or achievements. There is a fine line between vanity and ego. Ego is a person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance.

[oasis]

15. The Kennedy jerk is paving

his way to permanent obscurity.
After year 2025, all meaningful media interviews will start to dwindle .
Welcome to pariah status, pal.

[angrychair]

17. I cannot think

Of anything more irrelevant than RFK jr except whoever his VP pick is supposed to be.
I mean the guy isn't even in the ballot in all 50 states. Mathematically it is impossible for him to win or really to even play spoiler. This run for office is ridiculous.

[radical noodle]

26. He can be a spoiler

Biden only won Georgia by less than 12,000 votes in 2020. RFK, Jr could easily get enough votes in Georgia to give trump the win there. Any of the close swing states could be thrown.

Remember what Nader did to Gore.

[angrychair]

29. Yes, he is on the ballot in AZ and GA

But honestly that was unexpected for Biden to win those in 2020. As long as he holds his other states he still wins.
I think the "uncommitted" vote gave all they got in the primary and at least half of them will vote for Biden in the GE no matter what.
Plus I think comments like "bloodbath" are going to have a significant impact with independents and those Republicans on the fence.
One thing all Americans have in common, we don't like to be threatened. Comments like that will absolutely push fence sitting Republicans more towards Biden or at the least, not vote at all.

[radical noodle]

41. I hope you're right

Still, I'd like to see a sweeping victory for Biden this time because I don't think I can live through another days-long count/recount like last time.

[JohnSJ]

40. Yes. He is a piece of garbage because he knows what he is doing, and knows he will not win, and the potential

could be devastating. to our democracy and country.

[radical noodle]

42. Some people think of him as a Democrat

even though he's running as an independent candidate. Those with little political knowledge, equate him with JFK and are drawn to him because they worry Biden is too old.

[angrychair]

31. His VP pick is a nobody

It literally won't matter a single vote. Especially considering he is on the ballot in AZ, GA, NH and HI. That's it. It will have zero impact in HI and NH. They are solid "D" votes.
You cannot count on winning GA or AZ again as it's incredibly unlikely. Plus, as long as Biden holds all the other states he won in 2020, he still wins without them.

To be honest, I'm more confident than ever that Biden will win.
The "Bloodbath" comment was a HUGE miscalculation on his part. Americans don't like being threatened. This will push Independents and fence sitting Republicans far away from TFG. Like far away. He is sealing his own fate with his incoherent and inflammatory rhetoric.

[William769]

32. Welcome to DU.

BTW, it's not even Short lived.

[womanofthehills]

49. He is already a spoiler in many polls

Especially the swing states. Pulling 10% in some like NC, Arizona & Nevada. Some of this will be from Trump but 1% or possibly 2% could be from Biden.

[angrychair]

53. I understand

But to be honest he doesn't need any of those states to win.
There is no state in which he is on the ballot that is of any consequence.

[LiberalFighter]

19. He knows how to pick em. [sarcasm]

[womanofthehills]

50. We don't really know who he is picking

He he won’t say till the 26th.

[Botany]

20. And I am going to lead Ohio University to a national championship and win the Heisman Trophy 2

Hey, RFK Jr. are you being paid in dollars or rubles to rat fuck the election?

[Permanut]

28. As the Queen of England I shall expect reservations in a private box for the title game

[Botany]

35. So glad you're gonna make it your Highness

Do you need my Gulfstream Jet or will you be using the palace’s plan?

[Permanut]

46. Frequent flyer miles!

[dlk]

21. Deep pockets...

At the end of the day, it's all about the money.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

22. Aww poor Aaron Rogers

[LudwigPastorius]

23. She says she is not an anti-vaxxer, but is...

"just asking questions" about their safety and efficacy.



Also claims to be a progressive, but thinks the perfect time to mount an independent campaign is when the choices are Joe Biden & Democracy vs. Trump & Fascism...and it's a statistically tied race.

So fucking clueless...

[calimary]

24. Who?

That's all I've got.

Who?

Never heard of her.

[radical noodle]

27. She is or was married

to one of the co-founders of Google. She's an attorney and she's the one who paid for RFK's Super Bowl ad.

[calimary]

33. Thanks! I truly did not know.

But I was also being a wee bit sarcastic.

[radical noodle]

38. I looked her up when I heard about the VP slot

I know someone who "loves" RFK, Jr. and I was hoping for more ammunition to turn her against him. Fortunately, she lives in a bright red state that couldn't possibly go for Biden, so it won't hurt him in the election. But it worries me how many others are considering him.

[ShazzieB]

59. I had no idea who she was, either.

Not until now.

[Bucky]

37. This video explains her. She's a pretty entrepreneur marrier

I haven't found what she's done or what she does yet, but she sure does marry well.

{on edit} Okay, that was unfair. She's a very Left Coast lawyer who supports a few Eco causes. She's a tech entrepreneur who founded a company that manages patents using AI so that inventors can maximize their profits. That's cool. It doesn't sound nine to five. But there's nothing wrong with making a lot of money in life.

She divorced Sergey Brin from Google, then says she did not have an affair with Elon Musk, just sought advice from him on how to raise her autistic child (!) (there's your RFKJ connection), and now is married to a "reformed Wall Street guy", which I guess means rich, handsome, and retired.

I'm sure they dabble in investments here and there, but I don't see that she has a career or cause, except perhaps a deranged belief about how her child caught autism, which is sooo unfair to her.

[rickford66]

43. Maybe "Q" could boost RFK's MAGA credentials.

How would one fact check if it's the "real" "Q" ?

[IronLionZion]

44. I was hoping for Aaron Rodgers but OK

Dude picks someone who nobody knows but has deep pockets and makes clever ads exploiting his family name. She's a tool.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

45. LMFAO the woman who had an affair with Elon Musk. Go figure.

Link to tweet

[Mark.b2]

48. This year, VP candidates may be the most important they ever have, and...

He picks a 'who's that?!' It tells me that he's fortunately not running a serious campaign.

I expect Harris and whoever Doofus picks will be quite prominent this go-round. Either will have a better-than-usual chance of promoting to the top job of their guy wins.

[Lunabell]

51. What? Not Jenny McCarthy?

Star power and anti vaxxer. I guess she wasn't on his short list.

[kimbutgar]

55. A guy on Thursday asked me to sign a petition to get him on the ballot in California

I laughed in his face and said you have got to be kidding and walked away!

[AllyCat]

65. Another nobody with zero experience elected to anything

Where has this gone wrong before?

[DemocraticPatriot]

67. Guess he has decided to try to make it on his own, except

I hear she has money.....


Sorry he has not chosen a "well-known" conspriracy theorist to be his running mate....

[womanofthehills]

68. According to Amaryllis Fox - his campaign director

And daughter in law.

“Oh boy, this media! They were sure about Aaron, now they’re sure about Nicole. Tomorrow they’ll be sure about somebody else. The truth is, they’re just going to have to wait until we all get to celebrate Bobby’s brilliant running-mate together in ten days.”

https://x.com/amaryllisfox/status/1769133642440389042?s=46&t=YZgyyp4w_z7vW3neKxa6cQ