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Why Elizabeth Warren Shouldn’t be Joe Biden’s VP
There is a lot of speculation going on about who Joe Biden will choose for his VP. With such a deep pool of talented women to choose from, it’s impossible to know who he will choose. Amy Klobuchar has resigned from consideration to make way for a Black woman to make history. This leaves Elizabeth Warren as the only White woman left in the running.
Don’t get me wrong. I love Elizabeth Warren. I love her life story. I love her career. I love that she is a Democrat while her brothers are all Republicans. I love that she “has a plan for that”. But she shouldn’t be VP due to her age.
Should he win in November, Joe Biden will be 78 and the oldest president ever sworn in in January. He is healthy now, but that can change over the next 4 years. He could die or become incapacitated due to a health crisis. Whoever he chooses for his VP must be able to step in to the role of president and complete the term literally from Day 1 if necessary.
Elizabeth Warren will be 71 in January. She is also healthy. Although women generally outlive men, there is a very real possibility that she too could die or be incapacitated due to a health crisis sometime in the next 4 years.
For the good of the country, Biden needs to choose a VP who is significantly younger than he is for two reasons. Reason one, of…
