Kelly made more sense imo. He could totally take the wind out of the Republicans' sails on the attempted Trump assassination because he's married to Gabby Giffords and she got way worse than a free industrial ear piercing, and they could go on the attack on gun control and make it personal. (I know the Dems would never go on the attack other than "sir have you no decency" and "he did document stuff wrong" but still)
It's wild how fast that dropped out of the news and public discourse. Nobody seems to give a shit that he came within millimeters of having his head blown off on live TV, which is super funny.
He didn’t even get the normal “Survived an assassination attempt” boost in popularity, he almost got shot and half the country went “wish he died” lmfao
The biggest consequence was Tenacious D breaking up because Jack Black was stumping for the Biden campaign and Kyle Gass joked about not missing the next time. And then Biden dropped out like a week later.
I feel like he would be a good pick in another year but at this stage of the game Walz’s clipability and charisma (the “weird” things) are probably a better choice.
Plus, all those Midwestern states that used to be called "the blue firewall" are up in the air these days. If he can help secure Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin for Kamala, that's a big edge for them.
Kelly made more sense imo. He could totally take the wind out of the Republicans' sails on the attempted Trump assassination because he's married to Gabby Giffords and she got way worse than a free industrial ear piercing, and they could go on the attack on gun control and make it personal. (I know the Dems would never go on the attack other than "sir have you no decency" and "he did document stuff wrong" but still)
I think most people have forgotten about the assassination thing already tbh
It's wild how fast that dropped out of the news and public discourse. Nobody seems to give a shit that he came within millimeters of having his head blown off on live TV, which is super funny.
I did everything right, and they shot at meeeee
He didn’t even get the normal “Survived an assassination attempt” boost in popularity, he almost got shot and half the country went “wish he died” lmfao
The biggest consequence was Tenacious D breaking up because Jack Black was stumping for the Biden campaign and Kyle Gass joked about not missing the next time. And then Biden dropped out like a week later.
I feel like he would be a good pick in another year but at this stage of the game Walz’s clipability and charisma (the “weird” things) are probably a better choice.
Plus, all those Midwestern states that used to be called "the blue firewall" are up in the air these days. If he can help secure Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin for Kamala, that's a big edge for them.
True, but I think Biden or Harris already lost Michigan 11 months ago
Quite possibly. Shapiro would have been a giant "fuck all of you" that sealed the deal, though.
I'm still injecting straight copium, and hoping that she decides to reverse course on the whole genocide thing.
Unions didn't like him, plus the dems would need to try to win his senate seat in a special election.
They only had one dem they could reasonably contest Sinema’s open seat with. They wouldn’t be able to keep the other Senate seat as well.