As soon as I saw this headline I started to gag:
JUST IN: Klobuchar withdraws from Biden VP contention: "I think this is a moment to put a woman of color on the ticket" https://t.co/GEayBANh8Z pic.twitter.com/zNsshMDWgn
— The Hill (@thehill) June 19, 2020
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) announced late Thursday night that she was removing herself from contention to be chosen as former Vice President Joe Biden’s running mate, saying the slot should go to a woman of color.
“I’ve never commented on this process at all but after what I’ve seen in my state, what I’ve seen across the country, this is a historic moment, and America must seize on this moment, and I truly believe … I think this is a moment to put a woman of color on that ticket,” Klobuchar told MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell.
The idea that Amy Klobuchar is falling on he sword for the betterment of the country is completely laughable.
I suspect what’s really going on is that the Biden campaign won’t have anything to do with her given that she failed to prosecute Derek Chauvin after a 2006 shooting when she was in charge in Minneapolis. She’s toxic now because of what happened to George Floyd all of the subsequent protests, so to save face she’s pretending to fall on her sword with this ‘woman of color’ excuse. Puhlease.