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Hollywood Loves Drama Of Kamala Harris’ Veepstakes Decision, But Has A Clear Favorite
Hollywood power brokers like to back a winner & there is a strong consensus of which VP pick gets Kamala Harris closer to victory over Trump in November
“Pennsylvania wins the election,” the exec promptly added of why the Keystone Stone state’s governor would be the best fit for the Vice President and presumptive Democratic nominee’s just over two-week-long White House bid in a still tight Electoral College battle with Trump. Although Shapiro was not the ubiquitous L.A. presence of some other candidates last cycle, he does have a personal connection to the business: His brother in law is Jonathan E. Steinberg, the writer, producer and showrunner, whose credits include shows like Jericho and The Old Man and Percy Jackson & the Olympians. Additionally, though 2020 candidate and current Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is beloved among the base, in Hollywood and elsewhere, and seen as a contender one day, the combination of a Black woman and a gay man on the Democratic ticket was sadly seen as “too risky in a today’s divided climate,” as one source put it.
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