233 points

So… they swap out the couchfucking weirdo for the brain-worm weirdo.

this is gonna go so well!

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56 points

Slurp that fetid whale juice!

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7 points

All hail the hypno-choad.

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10 points

As long as we don’t discuss donnie, it might be a sort of valid strategy.

Or so I start to think.

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2 points

Lol, at least with Vance there’s potential deniability concerning his weirdness. It’s proven that RFK fucking is obsessed with dead animals.

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1 point

And protest too much?

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161 points

Trump dies on the second day in office, then the newly minted President Kennedy butchers a bald eagle on the Oval Office desk, cooks it in an air fryer perched on the railing of the window, then tosses it in buffalo sauce and eats it before blowing the brain worms to kingdom come with an original flintlock from the time of Thomas Jefferson that was sitting on one of the shelves.

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39 points

I’m not even sure I oppose this timeline

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1 point

Would yield president Hakeem Jeffries. I’m ok with that

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37 points

I would watch that pay per view.

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30 points

I’m fine with this. Honestly. Beats having President Trump again, and you know it does.

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17 points

If Dems take the House and make someone besides Nancy Pelosi the Speaker then this isn’t a bad outcome

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19 points

Hakeem “More Hand Movements than an Air Force Ground Crew” Jeffries is the name you seek.

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8 points

this comment is extra special.

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5 points

Better than the shit Vance has planned.

(I have no idea what rfk has planned.)

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119 points

RFK vs Walz would be a truly insane debate.

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47 points

“how many roadkill raccoons have YOU fit into a roadkill deer? Huh, Mr Waltz?!?”

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7 points

My opponent has never chainsawed off the head of a dead whale for personal whale anatomy experiments. Do you really want someone without that valuable experience as second in line for the presidency?

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5 points

leans on podium “hey buddy, what are you doing after this?”

Waltz: “going to pick up my wife and go for a nice drive, you?”

RFK: “So I’m hearin ‘nothin’. How bout we find some dead animals and relocate them to other places, with oft-stolen items? If I can find a cat, I’m gonna put it by the library with a rolled up $20.”

Waltz: “Why does it have to be rolled up?”

RFK: “that’s… look man, that’s just how it already is right now, alright? That’s how the bank lady gave it to me, or whatever. Anyways, if we find a squirrel, I’m putting it at an elementary school with a gun, some drugs and a flamingo lawn ornament.”

Waltz: “and this is a hobby of yours?”

RFK: incoherent screaming

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17 points

This made me laugh out loud

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85 points

Oh please do.

I will fucking bet you he does it and the numbers drop after it happens. In fact I have this bet already, but I’ll make it again.

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17 points

Do you think he’d swap back, or find some new guy?

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34 points

after some dumb shit? Bruh idk. This election season so fucking off the rails.

But I owe some one twenty bucks if the following doesn’t happen:

Trump swaps out Vance as VP and the resulting polling is lower.

If that does happen, I will much more than 20 bucks.

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6 points

Is there a time frame involved? Like…if the polling goes up in the first week and then falls off a cliff after brain worm guy opens his mouth?

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8 points

Idk, I think I’d see trump numbers up after that. RFK jr is going appeal to the fringe libertarian…especially considering the orange turd’s health and age

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8 points

he tried to cozy up to the libertarians and they rejected him for not being very libertarian at all

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3 points

Bet? $20?

Last person gave me 100 to one on the parlay that he both swaps out the VP nomination AND when that is done, his poll numbers go down.

So if you believe what you said, my $20 is free money.

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7 points

All bets are off at this point imo, this shit has been going in what ever way the wind blows. Although, I would bet on a Kamala presidency 🤞if everyone votes

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63 points

Wasn’t Vance officially chosen by the delegates at the RNC? Can Trump actually pick someone else now? What would the party have to do to change their nomination after the convention-hold an emergency meeting and revote?

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At this point there’s no way to do it legally. Ballots are already being printed. But legality’s not an issue for Trump and his personal fan club.

I think Vance could step down, then Trump would have no running mate, I think? And a VP would be appointed by Congress if he wins? Idk.

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17 points

Technically,

The president and vice president are chosen by the electoral college in separate votes.

Though, for some time, it’s always been the winning candidate’s selected running mate… there is no requirement there. The electors could pick Mittens the back flipping poodle for VP if they wanted.

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14 points

Fun fact, the VP was originally supposed to be whoever got second place in the presidential election…until they figured out that the candidates might hate each other and that relationship isn’t so great for a president and their VP.

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11 points

TRUMP
MITTENS

Size S

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3 points

It would be peak Trump to announce a VP change without checking if it was actually possible 🍿🍿

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25 points

Trump can do pretty much anything he wants. No one in the GOP has any power to stop him and the moon that supports him.

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9 points

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6 points

Lol I meant “mob” but I’ll leave it :p

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10 points

Trump can do any goddamn thing he wants. SCOTUS will step in to make sure RFK is on the ballots if needed.

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4 points

Democrats: “We’re suing to keep Vance on the ballot”

SCOTUS: “Actually, Trump can do whatever he wants, plus we’re giving him 100 free electoral votes because fuck you.”

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8 points

The RNC can just change its rules.

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2 points

Or simply not follow them like history has shown

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Agree that they would happily bend any rules for trump, but the RNC already happened and they chose Vance as the VP candidate. How does the Republican Party change their rules now? They would need to have some sort of party vote I think. Emergency RNC 2.0?

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5 points

Like they’d get in trump’s way?

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No, I’m sure they’ll try to support whatever he says. But, officially the party nominates the VP candidate which they’ve already done. When Trump tells them to change it, I don’t know what mechanism exists to actually do that. The campaign on its own cannot change the ticket.

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