MoveOn Statement on Nicole Shanahan, RFK Jr’s Expected VP Running Mate

Washington, D.C. – In response to conspiracy theorist Robert Kennedy Jr.’s announcement that Nicole Shanahan will serve as his vice presidential running mate in his dangerous, spoiler, third-party presidential bid, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting released the following statement: “Let’s be 100% clear: Robert Kennedy Jr. will not be president. He has no path to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win. And adding Nicole Shanahan to the ticket doesn’t change that equation. “All Kennedy and Shanahan can do is be spoilers and help hand the keys to the…

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Why Aren’t More People Running for President?

Does anyone want to be president? Typically, by the time a president delivers the State of the Union address at the start of his third year in office, as Joe Biden will on Tuesday, at least half a dozen rivals are already gunning for his job. When Donald Trump began his annual speech to Congress in 2019, four of the Democrats staring back at him inside the House chamber had already declared their presidential candidacies. Not so this year. The only Republican (or Democrat, for that matter) officially trying to…

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America Is Running Out of Time

History finds us two ways, to borrow from Hemingway: gradually, then suddenly. One year after Donald Trump led his supporters in an attempted coup against the United States, the nation is still very much in the throes of that attack. Despite blaring sirens and flashing lights, despite ever more visible signs of the fragility of American democracy, envisioning what America will become if we fail to prevent the next coup attempt is strangely, terrifyingly difficult. As my colleague George Packer argued recently, only by correcting this failure of imagination will…

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Trump Ally Herschel Walker Is Running For U.S. Senate In Georgia – NPR

Trump Ally Herschel Walker Is Running For U.S. Senate In Georgia  NPR Herschel Walker is running for U.S. Senate in Georgia  Atlanta Journal Constitution Former football star Herschel Walker launches U.S. Senate bid  Reuters Herschel Walker bulls way into Republican field challenging Warnock  Now Habersham Trump-backed Herschel Walker seeks Georgia Senate seat  Associated Press View Full Coverage on Google News “us republicans” – Google News

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