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Joe Biden: ‘I Sure Would Like Michelle to Be the Vice President’

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On Tuesday, former Vice President Joe Biden said that he would “love” for former first lady Michelle Obama to become his vice president.

While campaigning in Muscatine, Iowa, Biden was asked by a voter if he would think about appointing Barack Obama to the Supreme Court.

‘I sure would like Michelle to be the vice president’

“Yeah, I would, but I don’t think he’d do it,” Biden responded, referring to the former president. “He’d be a great Supreme Court justice.”

The voter shot back at Biden, “Second question is — which Obama?”

“Well I sure would like Michelle to be the vice president,” Biden replied.

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Not the First Time Biden Has Floated Michelle Obama’s Name as Potential VP

This was not the first time Biden has said he would like Michelle to be his VP. During an appearance on “The Late Show” in September 2019,  host Stephen Colbert asked Biden if he had “asked Michelle Obama for advice.”

“Only to be my vice president,” Biden replied.

He then quickly added, “I’m only joking. Michelle, I’m joking.”

Michelle Obama has repeatedly said she does not intend to run for office nor does she have any interest in doing so.

Biden has mentioned other women as possible running mates. In November, he said former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates could be a good vice presidential pick. Biden has also mentioned former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, and New Hampshire Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan.

Last month, Biden told Axios that senator and current 2020 Democratic competitor Elizabeth Warren is someone he could imagine in that role.

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During the event Tuesday, Biden also took shots at President Trump’s defense attorneys for his Senate impeachment trial. Trump’s team defended him against charges of abusing his power in relations with Ukraine on Monday, arguing that Obama had abused his own power in his relationship with Russia.

“They’re both incredibly qualified people. I mean and such decent, honorable people. I found it strange yesterday that in that Republican presentation, they talked about maybe Obama should have been impeached,” Biden added.

According to a RealClearPolitics polling average, Biden is currently in second place behind Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the Iowa caucuses, which happen Monday.

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Hillary Clinton Goes Hollywood – Whines About Women Directors Being Snubbed At Oscars

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By PopZette Staff | January 28, 2020

Having failed to make it in the world of politics by losing in not one but two presidential elections, Hillary Clinton is now trying to make it in the world of Hollywood.

She is currently at the Sundance Film Festival promoting the documentary Hillary, which is set to premiere in March and will tell the story of both her life and her abysmal political career.  During an interview with Variety from the festival, Clinton weighed in on the “scandal” of no women being nominated for Best Director at the Academy Awards before shifting to her favorite topic of conversation: bashing President Donald Trump.

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“I think it’s really a shame, especially because there were so many notable films this year by women directors,” Clinton lamented. “And you know, I know they’re making an effort, and I applaud them for their effort. But I really hope that it’s not just an effort; it produces some results and the work that women are doing and the importance of it is recognized by the Academy every year.”

It’s deliciously ironic that at this time four years ago, Clinton assumed that she would be a longtime resident of the White House by this point who spends her days dealing with top secret matters of national security. Instead, she’s been relegated to weighing in on ridiculous Hollywood scandals that hold no importance to the world at large.

Unsurprisingly, Clinton was not at Sundance for very long before she started bashing Trump and whining about the fact that she beat him in the popular vote in the 2016 election, going so far as to call for the Electoral College to be abolished.

“The person who gets the most votes should win,” she said, according to Breitbart News. “The Electoral College is an anachronism that foils the rights of the majority of Americans to choose our leaders.”

Clinton added that she does not believe Trump can win again in 2020, saying that “there’s a story now to be told.”

“Before he was a blank slate. He was a guy that people saw on their TVs. As you know, he was a reality TV star,” Clinton argued. “Now I think there’s a record that he’s going to have to be held accountable for.”

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With the economy flourishing and unemployment at a fifty year-low, it’s unclear how exactly Clinton feels that Trump’s “record” will get him booted from the White House later this year. Then again, Clinton’s case of Trump Derangement Syndrome is so advanced at this point that she is likely in full denial about all of the good he has done since taking office.

Clinton showed her level of denial once again during her time at Sundance when she admitted that she “certainly feels the urge” to run for president again this year “because I feel the 2016 election was a really odd time and an odd outcome.” The fact that Clinton feels she could actually beat Trump this year after losing two presidential elections in the past just goes to show how out of touch with reality she has become.

As President Trump would say, SAD!

This piece originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.

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Question of witnesses remains unsettled in Trump impeachment trial

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President Trump's legal team wrapped up its case for his acquittal Tuesday, arguing that convicting Trump would set a dangerous precedent for future impeachments driven by policy disagreement. But some senators from each party have signaled interest in hearing from potential witnesses, such as John Bolton. Amna Nawaz reports and Yamiche Alcindor and Lisa Desjardins join Judy Woodruff to discuss.

Ivanka Trump Blasts CNN For ‘Disgusting’ Segment Mocking Her Father’s Supporters

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By PopZette Staff | January 28, 2020

Ivanka Trump just let loose on CNN over a segment on Don Lemon’s show in which a panel viciously mocked Trump supporters.

Ivanka tweeted the clip from Saturday night early this morning along with the caption, “You consistently make fun of half the country and then complain that it is divided. The arrogance, mocking accents and smug ridicule of this nation’s ‘Real Elites’ is disgusting.”

The clip shows Lemon, CNN contributor Wajahat Ali, and ex-Republican strategist Rick Wilson using offensive southern accents to mock Trump supporters. Wilson went so far as to claim that Trump and his “credulous boomer rube” would not even be able to find Ukraine on a map.

Lemon laughed so hard as his colleagues brutally made fun of the intelligence of Trump supporters during the segment that he struggled to hold back tears.

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“Donald Trump’s the smart one – any y’all elitists are dumb!’” Wilson said in a heavy southern accent, before Ali added, “‘You elitists with your geography and your maps – and your spelling!’”

“‘Your math and your reading!’” Wilson continued. “‘All those lines on the map!’”

President Trump himself also fired back at Lemon, slamming him for allowing this nonsense to happen on his program.

The president is right to point out that Lemon’s ratings are terrible, as his show finished 36th overall in the cable news show rankings for 2019, according to The Hill. It is also the sixth highest rated show on CNN, a network that is known to be struggling in the ratings in general.

It’s sad that a liberal news network like CNN thinks so little of the millions of Americans who voted Trump into office that they find it acceptable to mock them in this way. All they’re accomplishing with segments like this one is alienating more viewers, and pushing more Americans towards voting for Trump later this year.

This piece originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.

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Elizabeth Warren on Trump’s trial and why ‘women win’ elections

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has been present for the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump and heard Trump's legal team offer its defense of the charges against him. She is also a 2020 Democratic candidate for president. Warren joins Judy Woodruff to discuss why she views Trump's actions as akin to bribery and what it means to miss the last few campaign days before the Iowa caucuses.