Kennedy will need millions of dollars to obtain ballot access in all 50 states over the two major parties’ objections. Shanahan vowed to help with that on Tuesday.
“Take a look at his vision for America ― it is a vision. Dare to, as I spend the next seven months of my life getting him on each and every ballot in this country,” she said.
Prior to this election cycle, Shanahan was a major donor to Democratic presidential candidates, including President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign.
She has also given to a number of Democratic congressional candidates, such as Rep. Ro Khanna, who represents key parts of Silicon Valley. Shanahan is still supporting Khanna, giving him the maximum allowable amount this cycle.
Shanahan described her shift away from the Democratic Party as a product of her conclusion that the party’s leaders had moved away from its core values of “compassion,” “diplomacy,” “civil liberties,” and “free speech.”
Even before Shanahan’s selection, national Democrats took Kennedy seriously as a threat to Biden’s re-election.
In a Tuesday afternoon conference call convened by the Democratic National Committee, Biden surrogates characterized Shanahan’s selection as a desperate attempt to finance his way onto the ballot.
“There is absolutely no path for Kennedy to become president and he knows that,” said Mallory McMorrow, majority whip in the Michigan state Senate. “That is why he picked a VP who can can buy his way onto the ballot in a number of states ― while that’s disgusting, and it is an abuse of our democracy.”
McMorrow and her colleagues on the call characterized Kennedy as a “spoiler” who would boost former President Donald Trump.
“His goal is to take votes away from President Biden and help elect Donald Trump,” said Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Austin Davis (D).
“Take a look at his vision for America ― it is a vision. Dare to, as I spend the next seven months of my life getting him on each and every ballot in this country,” she said.
Prior to this election cycle, Shanahan was a major donor to Democratic presidential candidates, including President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign.
She has also given to a number of Democratic congressional candidates, such as Rep. Ro Khanna, who represents key parts of Silicon Valley. Shanahan is still supporting Khanna, giving him the maximum allowable amount this cycle.
Shanahan described her shift away from the Democratic Party as a product of her conclusion that the party’s leaders had moved away from its core values of “compassion,” “diplomacy,” “civil liberties,” and “free speech.”
Even before Shanahan’s selection, national Democrats took Kennedy seriously as a threat to Biden’s re-election.
In a Tuesday afternoon conference call convened by the Democratic National Committee, Biden surrogates characterized Shanahan’s selection as a desperate attempt to finance his way onto the ballot.
“There is absolutely no path for Kennedy to become president and he knows that,” said Mallory McMorrow, majority whip in the Michigan state Senate. “That is why he picked a VP who can can buy his way onto the ballot in a number of states ― while that’s disgusting, and it is an abuse of our democracy.”
McMorrow and her colleagues on the call characterized Kennedy as a “spoiler” who would boost former President Donald Trump.
“His goal is to take votes away from President Biden and help elect Donald Trump,” said Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Austin Davis (D).
