Ah, Bobby Jr., we hardly knew ye, to paraphrase the title of an old book about President John F. Kennedy, uncle of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Some had hopes that RFK Jr. would provide a fresh alternative to the presumptive
Republican and
Democratic nominees, the boisterous MAGA meister
Donald Trump and the declining
Joe Biden. After all, Kennedy has really given it to Big Pharma, including the liberty-crushing efforts of the COVID vaccinistas. And some might say he can’t be too bad if the
Democrats didn’t want anything to do with him. In his search for a vice president, Kennedy considered NFL quarterback and even had talks with Mr. Sensibility himself, blue-collar advocate and conservative favorite of “Dirty Jobs” fame. But before anybody could take it off the lot, it was determined Tuesday that the shiny new 2024 model Kennedy has a problem. It always turns left. Kennedy chose Nicole Shanahan as his running mate, reported. Shanahan is a Silicon Valley lawyer, the ex-wife of
Google co-founder Sergey Brin, a philanthropist, and a major donor to various Democratic candidates. “She’s a lifelong Democrat,” said Tony Lyons, co-chairman of the
American Values 2024 super PAC, according to another Business Insider . “And she believes that Bobby Kennedy is aligned with her fundamental values.” In 2020, Shanahan gave $25,000 to the Biden campaign and $19,400 to the Democratic National Committee. The same year she gave $5,600 to Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, a former Republican who unsuccessfully challenged Rep. in the 2020
New York Democratic primary. In 2019, she gave $2,800 to the presidential campaigns of current Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Marianne Williamson. Shanahan has also given $17,800 to hard-left Rep. Ro Khanna, who represents much of California’s Silicon Valley. Kennedy, meanwhile, got $6,600 from Shanahan, as well as $4 million to cover most of the cost of a , Business Insider reported. But perhaps worst of all, Shanahan donated to the 2020 campaign of , the radical George Soros-backed district attorney who has since wreaked havoc on
Los Angeles County. And if her left-wing bona fides were in any doubt, she is the founder of Bia-Echo, a philanthropic organization involved with “criminal justice reform and a healthy & livable planet,” according to its . As for the ever-apolitical Mike Rowe, there’s no indication Kennedy actually offered him the VP position. And it could be that he would have rejected a
Job in politics. Too dirty, he would probably say. We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism.