NOOOOO!!!! Gretchen Whitmer traveled to Delaware to see Joe Biden in potential veepstakes meeting-AP

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August 7, 2020

By Bob Brigham



Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was the first potential running mate known to have had a meeting with former Vice President Joe Biden, the Associated Press reported Friday evening.

Whitmer is reportedly one of the leading candidates to join presumptive Democratic Party nominee Biden’s ticket.

Other potential running mates include Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), former National Security Advisor Susan Rice, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Rep. Val Demmings (D-FL), Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-MN).

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Please, no! We need her here in Michigan to clean up the mess wrought by 8 years of Rick "The Dictator" Snyder.

Sincerely,

A Selfish Michigander

[jorgevlorgan]

1. If she is the pick, her Lt Governor will clean up just fine.

He is almost as incredible as she is!!

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2. I know. Gilchrist is fine, but I love Whitmer so much.

[jorgevlorgan]

10. Well you might have to share her!

Also she would be an incredible president. That's what makes me so excited about this.

[Bleacher Creature]

3. That doesn't make any sense.

Why not handle everything by Zoom call?? It's safer and less traceable.

I was listening to a podcast about the process, and when Obama and Kerry were choosing a running mate they would meet in random places so that the press didn't know who the candidates were meeting with.

This may be a smoke screen.

[underpants]

4. I don't like it.

Turnout is everything

[empedocles]

5. Thats that 'blue wave' thing. 2018???

Methinks, 'lections are won in the middle.

[SiliconValley_Dem]

17. we need to play to the middle and could win big

just like in 2018.

[progressive nobody]

6. She may be a red herring. I think we may see a few more.

[canetoad]

7. Maybe Joe, being the gentleman that he is

Wanted to tell her in person that she is not the pick.

[JI7]

8. Not a good thing to do with the virus

[mitch96]

15. Yup, You have to interview everybody so as not to seemed biased... or so "they" say... nt

[BamaRefugee]

9. I approve. She'll also be a great President.

[sarcasmo]

11. Gretch has the momentum.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

12. That means

Whitmer is not the pick.

[jorgevlorgan]

20. I suspect smoke screen

Won't be surprised if it is somebody else. But I'll be stoked if it is her

[flamingdem]

13. She has executive experience

and is very well spoken. I like her a lot, fingers crossed.

[safeinOhio]

14. When her term is up, the

AG job might happen. I’m all for her for any job she takes.

[SiliconValley_Dem]

16. she's a solid choice

[brooklynite]

18. So you get Garlin Gilchrist who can work with VP Whitmer and President Biden

[radius777]

19. If a middle-America white woman is chosen instead

of a woman of color - of which there are several strong choices - there will be major blowblack from PoC who have long thought the choice would be a woman of color, especially in this moment.

Older PoC supported Biden for pragmatic reasons as well as loyalty to Obama. Middle aged and younger PoC have never really cared for Biden and if he fails to put a WoC on the ticket (which he's long implied that he would) it's not going to be pretty, especially on social media.

[smirkymonkey]

21. I agree.

I really like her, but it would not be a good move for him to choose a white woman as a running mate.

[onetexan]

24. agree, although i do think it w/ be Kamala or Rice so likely won't be a problem here

I've always felt Joe needs to pick a WoC for many reasons, the most important being it raises the level of visibility of WoC and his gratitude to the AA community for saving his campaign. Let's face it, without Black Americans reviving Joe's win in SC he would not be our candidate right now. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to Black Americans for this fact alone.

[Karma13612]

22. Over Warren?????🙁🙁🙁🙁 nt

[voteearlyvoteoften]

23. I like her

Tough