Everybody freaked out about who it would be, then he just… tweeted it out.
We’re talking, of course, about former Vice President and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden picking California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate in the 2020 presidential election after weeks of hype.
Biden, signaling a shift in how things work, tweeted on Tuesday that he was honored to have Harris as his veep choice, calling her a “fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the countrys finest public servants.”
Back when Kamala was Attorney General, she worked closely with Beau. I watched as they took on the big banks, lifted up working people, and protected women and kids from abuse. I was proud then, and I’m proud now to have her as my partner in this campaign.
Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 11, 2020
Everything is sort of topsy-turvy in 2020 in case you didn’t notice but Biden’s decision to post the news to Twitter feels like an endpoint in a shift in how political messaging works. Obama shifted how things worked by using a text/email to announce Biden as his choice in ’08. President Donald Trump made history by announcing Vice President Mike Pence as his running mate via tweet in 2016.
Now, some four years later, Biden followed suit on Twitter instead of making some big public address. And it wasn’t exactly like his campaign could host some big event, considering the coronavirus pandemic is worse than ever in the U.S. So here we are. Politics in 2020: Everything happens on Twitter.read more
Joe Biden built up the VP hype and then just… tweeted it out
