AOC says many who want Joe Biden off ticket also want to remove Kamala

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This stupid topic again

But sure

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Kamala and AOC would be a lit ticket. I still think we're barreling towards another Reagan era victory by doing this. But that "medical emergency" + instant COVID was almost a sign from the universe.

VPs are usually picked to shore up an electoral weakness of the candidate in question. I don’t think adding a second brown woman to the ticket would make sense, much as I would personally love this.

The weakness this election cycle, for the dems, is the apathy of the base. In that context AOC would be a pretty solid choice.

Much as people on the left like to repeat this, I’m not sure it’s evident that this is the main weakness of the Democratic ticket. Even if true, you’d be solving one weakness by creating another.

But I’d be curious about polling on this, I could be wrong certainly. If Harris becomes the nominee, we might start to see some polling on VP picks.

You got a good point there. Its just, who else is palatable? Whitmer + AOC?

I think the VP for a woman or POC probably needs to be a boring white guy unfortunately. I think there’s still a lot of racism and sexism lurking beneath the surface in the US so you don’t want it to look like some kind of feminist or minority takeover.

In terms of quality I would prefer AOC/Kamala to Kamala/AOC, but neither combination is good for electability.