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Comment on When Harris had to pick a VP, all media kinda agreed it should be a white male, to balance the fact that she is black and a woman. So Waltz is the DEI hire.

robolemmy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

All VPs are basically picked because of what they are more than who they are. Since there aren’t a lot of actual duties assigned by the constitution, VPs are just picked to help win the election. That means their age, gender, skin color, birthplace, etc are more important than their achievements. That means almost all VPs, including Vance, are “DEI hires.”

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Moneo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’d argue Walz bucks this trend, at least to a certain degree. His progressive policy and seemingly unwavering integrity seems to be a huge reason he was picked. They’ve leaned into his achievements and republicans are desperately grasping at straws trying to criticize him.

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- abbotsbury@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yeah, I kinda wish Walz was the candidate instead, based on his progressivism and integrity.
  
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  - nomous@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    8 years of Harris and then 8 years of Walz.
    
    32 years isn’t much in the grand scheme but maybe in that time The Left can wake up and mobilize and actually make some progress towards election reforms so we can start un-fucking the last 50 years of GOP-Heritage Foundation Trickledown Reaganomics Bullshit that’s destroying the country.
    
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    TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Walz Ocasio-Cortez 2032?
    
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  - KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    im honestly not sure, with kamala as the previous VP she has a lot more experience than walz, so it provides a much stronger campaign being the “previous VP” walz being VP also gets him a large in to being a presidential candidate later on, assuming people want another 70-80 year old dude running the country.
    
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  - Moneo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Completely agree. He also just seems like a better candidate vibe wise so far, he’s funny and endearing in a way Kamala is not. Although I do vibe with Kamala’s dorky/weird moments that so many seem to criticize.
    
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- Zorque@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It’s still about perception over tangible benefits, though. He’s not chosen because he’ll make progressive decisions, he’s chosen because he helps encourages progressives to vote come November. Just like if he was black or hispanic would help push those demographics to vote in the general election.
  
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KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
idk if vance is a DEI hire as much as he is a right hand man hire.

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- idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  He appeals to the billionaire voting bloc. They have small numbers (larger than I’d like) of direct votes, but for some reason, they sway elections.
  
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- robolemmy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  He was picked because he appeals to the wacko maga base while licking Trumps… uhhh… boots.
  
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  - KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    yeah that. And also fucking couches probably.
    
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mecfs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Polling wise VP’s have historically changed very little in elections.

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BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I think that VPs are also a deterrent of presidential assassination. If the VP is seen as worse than the president by the opposing party members, then no one will try to assassinate the president. However, if the VP is better, that president’s life can be much shorter.

Would the Republicans prefer Walz as president? If yes, then he is a bad selection for VP. If no, Harris is safer as president.

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