Speculation on who Trump will pick for VP?

Stacyhs said:
Ramaswamy has one thing that so many of Trump's base just can't get past: he's not white.
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I'm not so sure. Have to give the right wing credit, they seem perfectly happy to set their various bigotries aside so long as the candidate shares those them and is sufficiently reactionary.

Lots of self-hating women and token minorities that seem to have no trouble in the American right.
 
TurkeysGhost said:
Have to give the right wing credit, they seem perfectly happy to set their various bigotries aside so long as the candidate shares those them and is sufficiently reactionary.
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Being born to legal immigrants positions him perfectly to decry illegal immigration, which is a major issue on that side of the aisle. He also enjoys a certain level of immunity from the usual identitarian attack about prejudice against brown folk.
 
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d4m10n said:
Being born to legal immigrants positions him perfectly to decry illegal immigration, which is a major issue on that side of the aisle. He also enjoys a certain level of immunity from the usual identitarian attack about prejudice against brown folk.
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There's the whole thing about "model minorities" too. Much more acceptance for upper-middle class, professional immigrants than those of the working poor. Professional, white collar immigrants generally have a much easier time with the immigration process.

Ramaswamy's parent's were an engineer turned patent attorney and a medical doctor.
 
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Segnosaur said:
Plus, it will also save the U.S. government the cost of the Vice President's salary, since Giuliani is used to not being payed by Trump.
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I kind of pictured them being told "a president and vice president can't be tried for the same crime" and believing it. Because their lawyer, Barry Zuckerkorn, "is very good".
 
d4m10n said:
Being born to legal immigrants positions him perfectly to decry illegal immigration, which is a major issue on that side of the aisle. He also enjoys a certain level of immunity from the usual identitarian attack about prejudice against brown folk.
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Somehow the latter doesn't seem to apply to Kamala Harris.
 
Trebuchet said:
Was replying to this portion of your post.
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Have people been attacking Kamala Harris for her treatment of black and brown people? If so, it's probably rooted in ACAB thinking rather than the usual identity politics.

ETA: It just now occurs to me that we may have Tamil Brahmin descendents in both veep slots this time around.

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Trebuchet said:
Somehow the latter doesn't seem to apply to Kamala Harris.
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Most of the criticism of Harris I see from right wingers seems to be more sexist than racist. Lots of repeating conspiracy theories that she used sex to get ahead in California politics.
 
The Swamy was n St. Louis today, and it wasn't without controversy.

KSDK said:
ST. LOUIS, Missouri — Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy hosted a private fundraiser at the Four Seasons in downtown St. Louis on Wednesday night after another restaurant said he was no longer welcome to solicit campaign contributions at their establishment.
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At least it was the real Four Seasons and not a landscaping company, but we're not talking about Rudy here...

KSDK said:
His knack for drawing attention to himself earned a nod from former President Donald Trump, who said he'd make a "very good" Vice President.
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https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/p...e-oak/63-c33ad93e-49db-4695-8c6c-5422668afb08
 
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Vivek is looking shiny at PredictIt
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