It's official.

[u/TheCommonKoala]

[u/xxivtarotmagic_]

All the people saying Michelle Obama or Kamala Harris should run… America didn’t vote for a white woman, it’s sure as shit isn’t going to vote for a Black woman. This country is too racist and sexist for that.

If you ask me, we need Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris as VP

[u/1BubbleGum_Princess → u/xxivtarotmagic_]

I see they’re saying he endorsed Kamala, but that’d be insulting as hell to jump over her to elect a white man for president.

[u/xxivtarotmagic_ → u/1BubbleGum_Princess]

Yeah, it would be. But as much as I love Kamala, this is not a country that respects powerful women and certainly not powerful Black women

But I’m voting blue no matter who. We can’t let that fat, orange bastard win

[u/JManKit → u/xxivtarotmagic_]

It's been mentioned that keeping Kamala on the ticket is required if they want to retain all the fundraising money they've already got. I don't know if that would work if Gavin takes over as the presidential candidate or if Kamala would have to be 'upgraded' to that spot. If so, perhaps Gavin could become her VP and hopefully that'll bolster things

I'm Canadian so I don't get a say in this but I am worried as hell about it

[u/MissLilum → u/1BubbleGum_Princess]

Legitimately what I thought the plan was that Biden gets runs the election and gets voted in then has a health crisis or similar sometime in February so Harris steps up 

Australia’s first female prime minister was due to a party shuffle (to put it lightly) as was the UK’s first nonwhite PM (to put it very lightly) so that’s  sort of where the theory is derived from 

[u/Sassafras06 → u/xxivtarotmagic_]

No way they are putting two people from CA on the ticket. I also doubt Gavin would agree to or want to jump over Kamala.

Kamala has to be on the ticket due to campaign funds and the laws around them. So she will either be the VP candidate or the presidential candidate.

[u/chief_yETI → u/xxivtarotmagic_]

Newsom would have ZERO chance of winning those Midwest swing states, which is what this whole election hinges on. Those areas hate, hate hate hate California with a burning passion, and that would be an instant nope alone for Newsom from those areas.

That's not even including any of the issues currently affecting CA that happened under his era (not saying they're his fault, but that's how it's perceived in the eyes of the Midwest).

[u/Llama_of_the_bahamas → u/xxivtarotmagic_]

The rust belt isn’t going to vote for a Californian.

[u/lemon900098 → u/xxivtarotmagic_]

Now its a choice of motivating racists to vote vs convincing democrats to stay home because the DNC chose the candidate again.

[u/KageStar → u/lemon900098]

convincing democrats to stay home because the DNC chose the candidate again.

You mean not stay home?

[u/Worried_Actuator_336 → u/xxivtarotmagic_]

They can't be on the ticket together. Pretty sure it's in the constitution that the nominee for president and VP have to be from different states.

[u/GrumpyGumpy52 → u/xxivtarotmagic_]

I’m glad I wasn’t the only person thinking this. Even I’m black but there’s no way you tell me undecided voters and middle America vote for a BLACK AND FEMALE candidate. No chance for Kamala to win

[u/slightlydramatic → u/xxivtarotmagic_]

They cannot be on the same ticket as both are California residents. Also Newsom would be a bad pick, he's destroying California

[u/Fenderfreak145 → u/slightlydramatic]

Way too many comments in this thread keep saying Newsom while they 100% have never set foot in California in the last 5 years. How he has ANY national platform is absolutely bonkers to me.

[u/KageStar → u/Fenderfreak145]

He does stuff that zoomers like, and they can't accept that outside of liberal California most of the stuff Cali does is seen as terrible by the rest of the country whether you agree with it or not.

[u/chief_yETI → u/Fenderfreak145]

He fits the image and admittedly is a good speaker, and in politics, image and speaking ability goes a long way.

But yeah, the Midwest ain't voting for a Californian.

[u/Poetryisalive → u/xxivtarotmagic_]

Yep