Posted on 05/27/2020 7:13:26 PM PDT by chief lee runamok
Joe Biden said that he expects to announce his vice presidential pick around Aug. 1.
The information on the expected running mate announcement timeline came during a virtual fundraiser on Wednesday featuring former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, with around 200 donors, according to a pool report.
That means the Democratic vice presidential presumptive nominee will be known a few weeks before the Democratic National Convention, scheduled for Aug. 17 to 20 in Milwaukee, but may largely take place via virtual speeches due to the coronavirus pandemic. Biden said earlier on Wednesday that he could see the convention taking place over two days with 5,000 people.
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and former vice president has pledged to pick a woman to be his running mate and said that the selection committee process is in its beginning stages.
“We're in the process of deciding the basic cut about whether or not they really want it. Are they comfortable? They've asked a lot of questions," Biden said.
He has previously said that more than a dozen women are being considered for the job. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Florida Rep. Val Demings, and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar are among the women who have been asked to start the vetting process.
"I want to make sure that wherever I speak to, whoever I have, has some qualities that I don't possess, as well as is willing to, in fact, tell me the truth, but also do it in a way that is between the two of us between her and me so that they can, in fact, be completely candid with me because I want to have people around me that have strengths and capacities I don't,” Biden said.
In addition to aligning with his policy priorities, Biden has said that he is looking for a running mate who is able to assume the presidency on day one because "I'm an old guy."
“August!?
LOL!
Joe’s got quite the fire under him.
/s“
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Yep, goodbye Sleepy Joe, hello Speedy Joe. ;-)
Will Biden know who Biden is come August? Will he know who Biden is come July???
Wait, wait, please plugs, won’t you be in a senior care facility with terminal dementia by then? Please, please, announce your selected choice to be your hair sniffer—or snifee— sorry, running mate sooner.
And is dumber than a sack of rocks. But she does have photos of herself together in Ukraine with Lindsey, McCain, Ambassador (russian born canadian naturalized US) Voyanovitch (who ran the NGO money kickback to Bidens and DNC,of US AID money to the Ukraine). So there is a connection— Ukraine the money tree.
Two boobs are better than one.
I think they actually need to wait until August.
Gives Joe about enough time to remember who it is, by then.
He needs it to be that far out so he can be coached to remember who it is.
Joe Biden is the mental equivalent of Hillary’s falling down seizure into the van.
Ted Cruz wasn’t nominated when he chose Snarlin’ Carly.
And Sanders is re-immaculated
that, most regrettably, is true
I think Abrahams and by August she will have lost more weight.
We can’t think of a single possible Veep candidate that could have the slightest chance of rescuing the DNC ticket. Amy K. could be a credible candidate but she’s reportedly got some baggage (per FR posters here who say they know) and there’s absolutely Zero other possibilities mentioned thus far.
Indeed, most of the others are so terrible they would only detract from the ticket and the D vote....
Women should feel so encouraged that Joe needs a vagina for his VP.
i think with joey it will have to be a “walking” mate,: a rather slow walk.
OJ is taking hormone treatments already; he’ll be ready come 8/1.
A semi-trained monkey.
I know it will be a sleepless 3 months for me....../s
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