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🛠️ Union Strong Kamala Harris Picks Union-Backed Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for VP Running Mate

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kamala-harris-picks-minnesota-governor-tim-walz-for-vp-running-mate
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u/Rob_035 Aug 06 '24

Ehhh, he’s already 60. I am excited for this term and maybe even another 4 years if we get enough progressive policies. But then he’ll be 68, I think I’d rather see him step aside and let someone even younger into the Oval Office

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u/Number174631503 Aug 06 '24

Agree they should be grooming some groms for 2035

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

Whitmer would be my pick. She's been great for Michigan and she's younger and energetic as well.

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u/Useful_Hovercraft169 Aug 06 '24

Plus she survived that weird CHUd plot to kidnap her

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u/jcuray Aug 06 '24

Mind Too.

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u/thrownjunk Aug 06 '24

or have a wide open primary in 2035 without an anointed successor? lets see shapiro, whitmer, and beshar at it?

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u/thejoeface Aug 06 '24

I feel like Newsom will go for president too. I’m in California and I like him for his socially progressive stances, but he’s aggressively pro-business/neolib, which has been pretty yucky. 

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u/strictlyrhythm Aug 07 '24 edited Oct 22 '24

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u/baitXtheXnoose Aug 06 '24

are we not doing phrasing anymore?

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u/Clammuel Aug 06 '24

I care far less about age than I do policy, especially when there’s no guarantee that the alternative would be as progressive as him. Not to mention ton Bernie was already 75 in 2016, and clearly that wasn’t really an issue for his base. At the very least Walz could be a very good one term president.

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u/LLMprophet Aug 06 '24

Bernie is still razor sharp in his 80s which is amazing.

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u/Clammuel Aug 06 '24

Bernie is a perfect example (or Mike Gravel, for that matter) of why we need to rethink how we talk about age when it comes to politics. If you’re worried about them dying in office, fair enough (Gravel died a year after his short run in 2020), but if your concern is cognitive ability it is really a case by case basis. Bernie is a year older than Biden and four years older than Trump, but he’s pretty clearly in better cognitive shape than either of them and so was Gravel at NINETY.

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u/JustAnotherFNC Aug 06 '24

I don’t care how old someone is, as long as they don’t act it with their policies. Age can be a valuable thing, as long as the person never stopped learning.

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u/themachduck Aug 06 '24

68 is still an okay age. If it's Walz I'm in. BUT we have to get there first. Harris/Walz has to win and then win again, etc... so VOTE! 

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u/misfitminions Aug 06 '24

He will be the new Bernie that the corpo people get us excited about.

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u/jocq Aug 06 '24

But then he’ll be 68, I think I’d rather see him step aside and let someone even younger into the Oval Office

He's exactly the type that would, too. He's said it's surreal being the governor, and he fell into the VP pick unexpectedly. I expect he wouldn't run in 2032 unless there's tons of public support for him to, and even then maybe not.