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It’s only been a few weeks since Robert F. Kennedy Jr unveiled his running mate to America. But already Nicola Shanahan, a former patent lawyer and ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergrey Brin, is facing some heat.
.@CBS just sent this to me:
“I have received a letter from Rep. Ro Khanna, intended for Nicole Shanahan, urging her to step down as RFK Jr.’s running mate. In the letter, Rep. Khanna warns Shanahan that supporting Kennedy could aid Trump’s return to the White House and have…
— Nicole Shanahan (@NicoleShanahan) April 9, 2024
Worried about the threat posed by the Kennedy-Shanahan ticket to Joe Biden’s re-election, Democrat operatives are said to be digging for dirt on the potential next Veep. According to a new report in Semafor, former Bill Clinton adviser James Carville has been calling various Silicon Valley figures for some opposition research. This comes after Shanahan tweeted out a message from CBS, in which she claimed to have been pressured by Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna to reconsider her support for RFK.
Shanahan says that she is not a “public person”, but politics may force her to start playing dirty too.
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