Who Is The Best Vice President Candidate For Kamala Harris?: Dem Strategist Reveals Her Pick

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Democratic strategist Melissa DeRosa joined "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss President Biden's decision to step out of the 2024 presidential race and the likely Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.

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00:00Like you said, historically, the VP pick doesn't really matter. It only could hurt a candidate.

00:07But now, because I mean, the unprecedented nature of her likely nomination, how important

00:12is that pick? And who is the best choice?

00:16It is so critically important. We need there needs to be balance brought to the ticket.

00:21I you know, this is always the way but especially right now with Kamala Harris, who the country

00:26hasn't had a real opportunity to get to know in the same way that you would under traditional

00:32presidential. And so I think that helping to bring down the ticket, helping to be able

00:38to deploy someone to other states while you're out doing fundraising and you're on the stump

00:42and you're dealing with incoming from Donald Trump and, you know, having that real partnership

00:46is really important. I said this week's ago, I'm going to say it again. I think Josh Burrow

00:50is the right pick. He comes from Pennsylvania that has 20 electoral votes. You know, there's

00:56a lot of speculation about Gabby Giffords husband, a U.S. senator from Arizona. Arizona

01:00has 11 electoral votes. At the end of the day, this is this is a contest. It's about

01:06math. It's about strategy. And I think that both gentlemen are very well qualified. I

01:11think that Pennsylvania just gives you more mathematically. And I think at this point,

01:15as fast as it may sound, that's how we have to be looking at it.

Who Is The Best Vice President Candidate For Kamala Harris?: Dem Strategist Reveals Her Pick

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