In addition to being an attorney, Shanahan, 38, runs a foundation dedicated to left-wing causes like
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...46th president of the U.S., who gives the term geriatric a bad name. He blames Afghans for losing Afghanistan....'s 2020 presidential campaign. Kennedy is expected to formally introduce Shanahan as his running mate during an event scheduled for Tuesday in Oakland, Calif., Shanahan's hometown.
Shanahan, a political novice, was thrust into the spotlight over her public split with [Google co-founder Sergey] Brin amid a brief alleged affair she had with Elon Musk in 2021 that ruptured the billionaires’ long friendship, The Wall Street Journal reported. After the article published, Musk denied the allegations.
No, no! Certainly not!
and Shanahan later followed suit.
A Journal spokeswoman has said the Journal stands by its reporting.
In addition to donating to Kennedy’s campaign, Shanahan told the New York Times
... which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
she donated $4 million to the Kennedy-aligned super PAC that ran the Super Bowl ad supporting his candidacy. Shanahan not only paid for a significant portion of the controversial ad—which repurposed an ad from when his uncle John F. Kennedy Jr.ran for president and caused controversy with some members of his family—but she was a key force in the ad’s production.
She has said that she aligns with Kennedy on issues such as vaccine skepticism and the environment. Kennedy is known for his claims—debunked by public-health experts—linking childhood vaccinations to autism and casting doubt on the safety of Covid-19 vaccines. In an interview with the Journal last year Kennedy said he wasn’t antivaccine but believed they should go through more rigorous scrutiny. Shanahan used a similar line in her New York Times interview..
There's something else about Shanahan that you should know, according to Charlie Kirk, the founder of TPUSA.
While it's hardly shocking that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would pick a radical leftist to join his ticket, it will be interesting to see how some conservatives who have found themselves attracted to Kennedy's candidacy will respond to this selection. So far, they've refused to acknowledge his left-wing record, which includes donating extensively to Democrats, admiring Bernie Sanders
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and Louis Farrakhan, and supporting radical policies like the Green New Deal, divesting from fossil fuels,
Kennedy has previously maintained that his independent bid for the presidency hurts Donald Trump
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
more than Biden; however, recent polls have been suggesting the opposite. Had Kennedy chosen a centrist or a moderate Republican as his running mate, it may have helped his bipartisan appeal, but it seems likely now that Shanahan could turn off conservatives who weren't willing to see Kennedy's left-wing radicalism before, further threatening Biden.
It will no doubt take some time to see if Shanahan's inclusion on the ticket will impact the race, but I don't think it will be good news for Biden.
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