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I think people are angry about the timing. It feels like too little, too late. If he had made the decision at the beginning of the year, then sure. But now it’ll be rushed, and people won’t be able to agree on a single candidate. And people are worried that, due to the resulting lack of agreement, a split vote will hand the win to Trump.
I think it is a great time to try to take the news cycle away from Trump. Now just keep dropping big news.
Everybody not voting for Trump WILL have to vote for wherever the Democrats pick.
What choice is there if we don't want Trump to be elected?
I disagree, simply because democrats are statistically much less likely to vote at all. There are more democrats than republicans, but history has shown that they simply don’t turn up to the voting booth when they don’t like the current pick. Maybe the fear of Trump will be enough to get them in to vote… But that was Biden’s strategy for getting votes too, and look how well that panned out for him.
If republicans can rush approval for a supreme court justice out of nowhere, Dems should be able to get a current VP up to POTUS status quickly.
Harris has already announced her candidacy. It will be difficult for anyone else to seriously challenge. Especially if/when Biden endorses her.