WTF? Joe Biden Would Consider a Republican Running Mate

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Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden points to a member of the crowd who wanted to ask a question during a campaign Town Hall on December 30, 2019 in Derry, New Hampshire.
Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden points to a member of the crowd who wanted to ask a question during a campaign Town Hall on December 30, 2019 in Derry, New Hampshire.
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Looks like he will stop at nothing to get into the Oval Office.

Joe Biden told voters in New Hampshire on Monday that he would consider choosing a Republican as a running mate, even though he couldn’t “think of one right now.”

According to CNN, Biden pondered the idea after a town hall attendee told him that if he is the nominee, he will “have to pull out all the stops.”

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“Our 21-year-old son said the other night, ‘I wonder if Joe Biden would consider choosing a Republican as a running mate,” the woman added.

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“The answer is, I would, but I can’t think of one now,” Barack Hussein Obama’s No. 2 replied. “Let me explain that. You know there’s some really decent Republicans that are out there still, but here’s the problem right now...they’ve got to step up.”

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Well, stranger things have happened; look whoand whatis currently occupying The White House now.

If the former Delaware senator wins the Democratic nomination and does launch a presidential campaign featuring a bipartisan ticket, it will be unprecedented in modern-day politics.

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The late Sen. John McCain, who was the Republican presidential nominee in 2008, floated the idea of former Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Democrat-turned-independent, as a possible running mate, before settling on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his VP pick.

And look how that that turned out.