There's is so much that Sen Mark Kelly would bring if he got the nod for VP on the #Harris ticket.
But Minnesota consistently will #VoteBlue and replacing Gov Tim Walz with another Dem is more likely to happen than giving the nod to Kelly.
It's a risky move to pull a Dem senator from Arizona, despite a Dem governor in place to appoint another Dem for two years.
Would love to see Mark Kelly but my bet is on Walz or Beshear. This article says it's between Walz and Shapiro but the PA gov is problematic in my opinion.
This article from Reuters published 45min ago as of this toot.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/kamala-harris-announce-vice-president-pick-before-battleground-states-tour-2024-08-05/
@WrenArcher @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews
I'm hoping for Walz - but I'll vote for Harris even if she picked a pet rock for VP
The alternative is disastrous for the US and the World. It's so obvious - yet so many people have been conned/fooled, or are just happy voting GOP because they share the same ugly traits as their grifting leader.
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I cant in good conscious support a party that is pro-genocide. Never mind Harris's horrible history of women's and trans rights.
I plan to vote for the good guy (shocker I know)... chase oliver is my top pick for the moment. Green party's Stein might get my vote if i change my mind.
I just cant imagine anyone supporting the level of evil the democrats and republicans have demonstrated, not to mention incompetence.
@freemo @CoachMark @WrenArcher @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews
Your concern for trans rights is so strong that you're helping enact Project 2025 that promises to harm trans people?
Amazing.
@unabogie @freemo
I'm begging you Doc Freemo ( @freemo ) don't do that. I'm sure you know history of U.S. elections is replete with examples of how casting a protest vote is not a protest at all. This is very evident in swing states.
Had Hillary garnered those "protest" votes and independent voters, she would have won. We wouldn't have the situation we have with the Supreme Court to the degree that it is now. We wouldn't have the tax cuts that were given to corporations. Roe vs Wade would not have been overturned. Covid wouldn't have been politicized as much as it was.
Now if you live in Texas (like me) Florida, Tennessee, Oklahoma or any other deep red state... then more power to ya. But if you live in a swing state, this trans girl is begging you... please do not throw your vote away on the Libertarian or Green Party candidate. Please don't.
https://rollcall.com/2019/07/29/how-third-party-votes-sunk-clinton-what-they-mean-for-trump/
@WrenArcher @unabogie @freemo @Burnt_Veggies @CoachMark @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews FL, TX, and TN all could be in play...if enough women, minorities, and young people register and vote. I believe that the LGBTQ+ numbers are much higher than are assumed. I think the whole age spectrum matches the 20+% of the under 25. I think the rest of the age groups are still in the closet.
@Ralph058 @WrenArcher @freemo @Burnt_Veggies @CoachMark @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews
I liken voting to vaccination and herd immunity. People don't vaccinate because everyone else is. Likewise, anyone who claims to "already live in a blue state" is only enjoying that status because other people are voting on their behalf. It's selfish and immature.
Agreed, we have to do away with blue states all together, it is selfish and immature to be in such a state and let others throw away their vote in support of a two party system, one of the most harmful things to society and america is the two party system, the false narrative keeps evil people in power even when we have good decent choices right there on the ballot.
@Ralph058 @WrenArcher @Burnt_Veggies @CoachMark @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews
@freemo @unabogie @WrenArcher @Burnt_Veggies @CoachMark @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews
Until the third parties get seats in Congress, voting for a third party is throwing your vote away. Even IF the third party won, you would have 438 members of the House and 100 members of the Senate voting against everything they tried.
US will continue to be a two party system until the third parties get real.