Real-life events are recasting Joe Biden's already fraught decision over his VP choice
Real-life events — from the outcry over the killing of black men in Minnesota and Georgia, to a mundane request for boating privileges in Michigan — are crashing into his already fraught decision over his No. 2.Multiple VP contenders with backgrounds in law enforcement are being examined in a new light amid the explosive protests after the death of George Floyd, the African-American man who was pinned under an officer’s knee in Minnesota.
“Because of social media and the explosion of information available, the scrutiny has quadrupled from when I was being vetted," said former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who ran for president in 2008. "And what it does is, it makes the selection process that much more difficult for any presidential candidate, because the scrutiny focuses more on the negative than the positive.”
Reid said he expressed as much to Biden in their conversations, including in a recent phone call, and “he didn’t disagree.” After the “Breakfast Club” interview, a Democratic operative in Minnesota said, “That probably put a nail in the coffin for Amy Klobuchar at that point. He’s going to have to put a black woman on the ticket.” As the protests unfolded this week, Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina agreed that it was “tough timing” for the Minnesota senator.
Klobuchar isn’t the only contender to take heat. At a news conference last week in her pandemic-stricken state of Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer had to explain why her husband invoked her to help him get his vessel in the water before the Memorial Day weekend. Then it was Lujan Grisham, the governor of New Mexico, defending her purchase of jewelry during widespread business closures.
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