 Well, it's official Joe Biden has announced his running mate and that individual unsurprisingly. I think is Kamala Harris I think from the get-go I assumed that it would be Kamala Harris and we kind of went back and forth between Whether or not, you know, he might choose someone else like Gretchen Whitmer Maybe even Karen Bass, but it's Kamala Harris and this is basically who I expected him to choose now He announced this via Twitter saying I have the great honor to announce that I've picked Kamala Harris a fearless fighter for the Little guy and one of the country's finest public servants as my running mate back when Kamala was attorney general She worked closely with Bo. I watched as they took on the big banks lifted up working people and protected women and kids from abuse I was proud then and I'm proud now to have her as my partner in this campaign now I have two different takes on this my first is that I think that politically whether or not this is smart I think it doesn't necessarily matter who he chooses as his VP Wasn't necessarily in my opinion going to be enough to really change the trajectory of this election But my personal choice is you know, the only people who I really would have preferred Nina Turner Bernie Sanders, that's what would have appeased me or who would have appeased me specifically and I did not expect to be pleased either way I mean, I knew he was going to pick someone who's a neoliberal corporate Democrat with a terrible track record But at least you know moving on to whether or not I feel like this is a strategically savvy move I will say sure at least Kamala Harris like in comparison with other individuals who he was previously considering like Amy Kulpich arm At least Kamala is Someone who is more charismatic, right? I think that she when she tries to be is actually a talented You know political speaker at the beginning of the 2020 Democratic Party primary I think that she really was ahead of the pack because she was so talented at you know Talking about policy. She was unapologetically progressive until she took a little bit of heat from health insurance companies Then she backed away from Medicare for all, but I mean, I think that you know in comparison with other Options, you know, she is someone who I think is more charismatic. So, you know, if I'm Joe Biden, I Think it's a fine choice. Do I feel any excitement about Kamala Harris? No, is this a more strategically savvy pick Then Hillary Clinton choosing Tim Kaine. Yes, because you could literally choose anyone substitute Tim Kaine with anyone And it probably would have been better like I think a lot of people forget that Tim Kaine even exists So look, I'm just I'm not shocked by this at all when we got the news that he'd likely be making an announcement today. I Told myself, okay, so he's gonna announce Kamala today. Finally. No more You know, will he or won't he announce today? No more. Oh, well, who's it gonna be? I know that there were a lot of lethies who were even a little bit excited about the possibility of him choosing Karen Bass I never thought that that would actually happen. I don't know how seriously he was vetting her I'm assuming it was relatively seriously based on how much coverage she got But even if he chose her that's someone that wouldn't satisfy me I mean, she was on I think it was MSNBC or CNN. What are the other talking about how, you know She supports Medicare for all which is great, but Biden isn't wrong for not supporting Medicare for all So whoever he would have chosen it would have been someone who aligned with his neoliberal pro corporate agenda So it's not like this is going to change very much from the standpoint of meme as a leftist, right? I don't think that this is going to change the trajectory of this election in terms of if it helps him or hurts him going up against Donald Trump I don't necessarily know. You know Kamala Harris. She does kind of have this cult following So perhaps that's gonna be beneficial to Joe Biden who has almost no enthusiasm around him So I don't necessarily think this is gonna hurt him If anything, I think that there's a possibility that this helps him But I just want to say we've got to give a shout out to Elizabeth Warren who threw away everything Also, she could possibly be Joe Biden's VP when being Bernie Sanders VP would have almost certainly been a sure bet But now she is a powerless and she watered down Medicare for all her own proposal to appeal to Joe Biden and it was all for Absolutely nothing because we got the result that I think pretty much everyone expected It's Kamala Harris now from a policy standpoint I have done many comprehensive breakdowns on this channel about my issues with Kamala Harris about her time as a prosecutor And there is a lot of concerns So there is the possibility that she's vulnerable in the sense that if Trump wants to promote, you know His first step act and promote his own criminal justice record if he pivots away from this tough on crime You know thing that he's currently on that could be an issue, right? Her you know laughing off the prospect of legalizing weed There's a lot that Could leave her vulnerable to attacks from Republicans But I don't necessarily know that they're going to be able to sufficiently Pull off her persuasive attack against Kamala Harris's tough on crime record Given Trump's current, you know law and order stance that he's taking unequivocally So, you know in the end, this is exactly what I expected. It's not necessarily surprising to me And you know, I'm not I'm I don't really care Just be clear like I genuinely don't care to me like this wasn't going to like let's let's even assume for a moment that Joe Biden chose Elizabeth Warren, which is what a lot of lefties were clamoring for I shouldn't say a lot But some lefties were clamoring for like media sauna what not even if he chose Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth Warren isn't going to somehow convince him to be more leftist, you know She's going to you know jeopardize your own principles to accommodate Joe Biden's policy positions So any VP would have done the same thing. So I'm not I'm not surprised by this I'm it kind of goes to show you that Kamala Harris is a fake opportunistic politician because she Really, I mean out of the gate hit Joe Biden the hardest out of all of the other Democratic Party primary contenders And here she is his VP, but I mean it is what it is. It doesn't necessarily matter to me It doesn't change my opinion about Joe Biden or Kamala Harris It just is a thing that I expected and the result that we all love that we all got love it or hate it So yeah Kamala Harris is Joe Biden's running mate Let me know if you're surprised because I am I'm not shocked at all to be honest and that little girl was me