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[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I dunno - the timing was right after the RNC and Vance being locked in. Vance didn't broaden the ticket appeal because they thought Trump had the election in the bag. The timing might not have been strategic but it worked out pretty damn well!

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

The timing was clearly strategic. He didn't want to do it, but there's a reason why Kamala's campaign literally started calling Democratic representatives within hours.