For weeks, rumors swirled about RFK Jr.'s potential running mate. Would it be Aaron Rodgers or Tony Robbins? Michael Kosta traveled to Oakland, where RFK Jr. finally announced mega-donor tech billionaire and surfer Nicole Shanahan as his VP pick. But Jr.'s supporters seem just as unsure about Shanahan as they are about vaccines. #DailyShow #RFKJr #Comedy
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Let's talk about the leading
candidate for president of Narnia, Robert
F. Kennedy, Jr. He's been running
a strong third in the race for president. And yesterday, he found
out who has the honor of coming in third with him. RFK, Jr. has named
his running mate at a campaign rally yesterday. Her name, Nicole Shanahan. She's only 38 years old, an
Oakland, California native, a tech entrepreneur
who has donated to Democratic
presidential campaigns and was formerly married to
Google cofounder, Sergey Br
in. REPORTER: She is a
Silicon Valley lawyer and philanthropist
who is expected to infuse her own personal
wealth into the campaign. The purpose of wealth
is to help those in need. REPORTER: She did
give $4 million to help pay for RFK, Jr.'s
recent Super Bowl ad. That's right. The independent outsider taking
on the political and corporate power structure decided
to run for president with his sugar daddy. [LAUGHTER] Although to be
fair, he didn't just pick her because she's
willing to spend $4 mi
llion to get him elected. He also had much
dumber reasons. I wanted a vice president
who shared my passion for wholesome, healthy foods,
chemical-free, for regenerative agriculture, for good soils. [CHEERING] I also wanted someone
who was an athlete, who could help me inspire
Americans to heal, to get them back in shape. And I'm happy to
report that my vice president is an avid surfer-- [CHEERING] --who attend-- who
attended school on a softball scholarship. [LAUGHTER] Is he picking a vice
presi
dent or a gym coach? I-- who cares if she surfs? There's never been a
crisis in American history that required the VP to
shred the gnar, you know? By the way, a softball
scholarship is not the boast you think it is. Hey, this lady got into college
but not for being smart. [LAUGHTER] So RFK, Jr., he has
his running mate. But is she who his
supporters wanted? Yesterday, we sent
our own Michael Kosta to Oakland to find out. I'm here in Oakland,
California at an RFK, Jr. campaign event, where
he's s
et to announce his vice presidential running mate. It's exciting.
I'm unvaxed. I'm unwaxed. And I'm ready to go.
Come on. MICHAEL KOSTA (VOICEOVER):
It was just a few hours before the big announcement. And people were excited about
a short list of incredibly credible candidates. I think Aaron Rodgers
is also an amazing-- Aaron Rodgers, just
because he's also-- he's also
antimandatory vaccines. I really like how Aaron
Rodgers stood up and spoke out against the COVID tyranny. Aaron Rodgers is the
only guy with experience, The Joe Rogan Experience. - Tony Robbins.
- Yeah. What a hero. I saw Tony Robbins up there. - Tony Robbins, yeah.
- Tony Robbins could go. I love Tony Robbins. Can you imagine
a cabinet meeting being like, if you can see
it, you can believe it, we can do it?
That's it. - Totally.
- You know? We need that kind of energy. I think it's easy for
people in the mainstream media to discount RFK,
Jr.'s candidacy. But when you look around, this
is a pretty serious event. So whic
h Property Brother
do you think he's going to pick for vice president? MICHAEL KOSTA (VOICEOVER):
These were serious choices for serious supporters. I am a conspiracy theorist. Great. Or-- or factualist
as you have it. So which one of
RFK, Jr.'s policies-- excuse me-- conspiracy theories
do you also track with? His work looking
into vaccines-- Right. --and the issues of vaccines. How quickly after you get
vaccinated do you get autism? Oh, that I don't know. OK. So first off, conspiracy
theory, w
hat is a conspiracy? I don't know.
I don't know. You don't know
what a conspiracy is? I'm asking you.
I mean, I have some ideas. Did you go to school? Not really.
You kidding me? For media, they just kind
of give you this credential. Lookit-- I wore this suit. I got this. MICHAEL KOSTA
(VOICEOVER): Maybe I did need to relearn a
little bit about conspiracies. Earth, flat or sphere? Sphere. Moon landing, real or fake? Probably fake. Female orgasm, real or fake? Could be fake, could be real. Well,
that's not helping me. MICHAEL KOSTA (VOICEOVER):
Since none of this was really helping me, I was
glad when it finally came time to hear the big announcement. There's something in the
air right now along with all the cancer-causing Wi-Fi. And it's excitement. I'm proud to
introduce to all of you the next vice president
of the United States of America, Nicole Shanahan. Called it. I called it. Called it. MICHAEL KOSTA
(VOICEOVER): That's right, an IP lawyer in the
digital space, who funded RFK, Jr
.'s multimillion-dollar
Super Bowl commercial somehow beat out
the host of Dirty Jobs, a truly historic moment. How exciting is this? We have a complete ticket,
and the VP candidate is-- Nicole Shanahan. And that is-- Depressing. When they announced
her name in there, people were going crazy-- Certainly. --googling, Who
is this person? Sure.
We all are. OK. What's your initial thoughts? Don't know much. I guess I was a little
disappointed when I heard, and I didn't really
know who she was. Yeah.
I mean, I think I
vaguely had heard the name. Yeah. I mean, I know the name Nicole. Right. And I know the name Shanahan. Yeah. But I didn't
know them together. MICHAEL KOSTA
(VOICEOVER): So I guess Aaron Rodgers is out of luck
and a lot of other potential veeps. I thought he would
pick maybe, like, an inside politics,
like, Black woman. That's who I thought
he would pick. Let's name our favorite
inside politics Black woman on the count of three.
Ready? 1, 2, 3, you start. - Oh.
- Right, OK. The
re's a bunch
of them, but-- - Yeah, got it.
- Yeah. - Maybe Oprah.
- Maybe Oprah. Oprah. That would have
been a good pick. Probably couldn't
get her though. MICHAEL KOSTA (VOICEOVER):
Fine, no Oprah. But I had one more easy
question for these truly engaged supporters. Do you feel that
Nicole Shanahan is a step in the same
direction as RFK, Jr.? Don't know. MICHAEL KOSTA (VOICEOVER):
Looks like these RFK fans are going to have to do a
bit more of their own research.
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Well, to be fair, his reasons for his VP pick, which is more or less to make America healthier, is a lot more rationale than literally anything trump has ever said about anything, ever.
philanthropy is just being rich enough to decide where your tax dollars would have gone had you paid any
I respect them for their neutral response to the pick. They didn't blindly support it, blindly hate it, they just admitted they didn't know how to feel.
“Aaron Rogers is the only one with experience… the Joe Rogan Experience” 😂 Underrated joke
These people seemed normal when compared to Trump fans, just the fact that they didn't have a strong opinion on someone they don't know and felt they needed to read up on, feels quite refreshing.
In his own weird and unintentional way RFK Jr is doing it for Democrats by getting some Trump voters to vote for him.
Wow. That one guy was IN Oakland, probably lives there, cares enough about politics to attend a campaign event, and, when tasked to name a black female politician, completely blanked instead of immediately naming Barbara Lee. That's awe-inspiring.
Honestly, I respect them for not pretending to know. It's nice to see people being humble, it's a nice change of pace.
This is what happens when you turn politics into a popularity / conspiracy theory contest
That's gonna be one wild VP debate between Kamala, that chick who isn't Aaron Rogers, and Ivanka.
Okay, as much as I may not agree with them, I do have to appreciate how willing a lot of them were to say that they don't know rather than rambling about something they know nothing about
The Media is really doing an incredible job at making RFK look like a joke
To be fair, regenerative farming is a real thing, and it is just as important to climate as reducing the use of fossil fuels. Hopefully the association with the nutters won't discredit it. Example; A former presidential candidate (John Edwards) pointed out the most important problem of our time; The Global Market Race to the Bottom. This has been ignored because of its association with his failures as a person. This issue is at the root of exploitation, oppression and ultimately conflict. It needs to be addressed through consistent incentive based economic policies. Then the question becomes, will this happen if we give-up democracy?
I honestly believe there are many more Republican voters for RFK Jughead Jr. than Dems and this will only hurt The Republican nominee.
I’m in Oakland. Thank you weirdos for bringing money to our town. At least this presidential candidate pays for his rallies. He doesn’t stiff the cities like Cheeto Don
Pointless way to discredit RFK and his supporters.
This may say something about the bar being low, But at least a lot of these people had doubt and would admit when they didn't know something... Is my different energy from the trump rallies for sure.
4:17 Tell me your husband never did it for you, without telling us your husband never did it for you.
Still waiting for Jon Stewart to interview RFK Jr. Live and uncut of course
Healthy soil and regenerative agriculture. Well, not against that.