Joe Biden, Senator from Citibank (oops, DELAWARE), to Run for President

biden offering the herlihy white house sitting service

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/2020-election-biden-vp-pick/index.html

*gets a drink*

please be pete

yeah uh I may pretend it's 5 o'clock.

fondly remembering when i had this kid in a history class and the day after trump moved the embassy to jerusalem he stood up and gave a whole speech abt our duty to spread freedom in the middle east https://t.co/6Ij8tIPJPD

— stephanie (@isosteph) August 11, 2020

pete pete pete

Marianne Williamson was a surprising but brave choice, thank u Uncle Joe

No actual VP event today, per a Biden official.

— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) August 11, 2020

but several fake ones

boo

iirc Clinton picked me llamo Tim Kaine about July 25th? quite slacking Joe

Why won't he just put us out of our misery with his terrible VP choice?

Taking a while to figure out how to sell Buttigieg as a POC.

“You promised that your VP would be a woman of color.”

“Aw, man, I shouldn’t have said that...”

I said a lot of stuff

a Person Of management Consulting

Taking a while to figure out how to sell Buttigieg as a POC.

Easy. The name Buttigieg is derived from Sicilian Arabic.

أبو الدجاج Abu-d-dajāj(i), meaning 'chicken owner, poulterer' (literally 'father of chickens')

I’m getting word that the PAC 12 has been informed that it will not be Biden’s VP.

Taking a while to figure out how to sell Buttigieg as a POC.

― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Tuesday, August 11, 2020 12:48 PM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Biden talking about haplogroups off the cuff

I personally would very much like to see that

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/2020-election-biden-vp-pick/index.html

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, August 11, 2020 2:25 PM (thirty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

See, this is the kind of thing we could use a 2020 general election thread for, rather than the "Biden sucks" thread.

Some haplogroups are more diverse than others.

2xp

_أبو الدجاج Abu-d-dajāj(i), meaning 'chicken owner, poulterer' (literally 'father of chickens')_

I promise you if I'm elected, I won't waste any time getting this virus under control.

I'll call Dr. Fauci and ask him to stay on. I'll bring together top experts and leaders from both parties to chart a path forward.

We'll get it done, together.

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 11, 2020

yes lets give the Republicans another crack at it

Rep. Karen Bass of California was told by Joe Biden himself that she was not the pick, a source familiar tells CNN.

leakleakleakleakleak

it's probably just still kamala but a boy can dream

Bass dropped

Biden began the conversation, "Let me be clear..."

it's Kamala!

I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris — a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants — as my running mate.

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 11, 2020

Yep! Breathing a sigh of relief it isn't Susan Rice.

I'm down with that.

This.

booooo

So shocked that he would run with the safest option.

Thing is, nobody is stopping anyone from posting posi vibes about Biden itt, nor are they shouting at ppl who do post posi vibes about Biden for posting posi things.

As a person who likes Biden and posts positive things about him on here a lot, I would agree with this.

this isn't funny at all. shame

Oops didn't mean to step on breaking news.

It's the first rush of excitement I've had about his campaign so far. "Safest" choice is nonetheless a woman, a person of color, experienced, a fighter, iirc leaves a seat that will stay blue, and is on the 2024 ticket either way and possibly as president. I'll take it.

So shocked that he would run with the safest option.

Not sure about the math on that one way or the other. (Granted, there's no risk that she'll be replaced by a Republican, unlike Warren.) Anyway, I was pro-Harris when she was running for the top spot, and I think she's a good choice. Supposedly, she doesn't have a lot of support within the Democratic Party, which might make running on her own in 2024 a challenge. I guess Biden will have to not die.

I am very predictable, I have known for weeks that as soon as the choice was announced I would start to freak out that it was a bad choice that would sink the ticket, and lo, now I am freaking out (as I would have no matter who Biden had announced.)

Of course as a Warren backer for the nomination I wish there was some way it could have been her, but I cannot honestly tell myself a story that makes that choice makes sense.

discourse around harris is gonna be the fuckin worst. gonna do my best to ignore it altogether

I am very predictable, I have known for weeks that as soon as the choice was announced I would start to freak out that it was a bad choice that would sink the ticket, and lo, now I am freaking out (as I would have no matter who Biden had announced.)

― Guayaquil (eephus!),

you fuckin' Democrat you

Remember when Kamala lit up Biden over bussing?

lol

he threw her atop the bus

Kamala "Voodoo Economics" Harris.

I'm sure it wasn't planned but raising the prospect of Buttigieg was an excellent way to make this feel like a relief