Joe Biden’s team is reportedly considering Illinois Senator and Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth as a potential running mate after a handful of other candidates met with resistance from potential Democratic voters.
Left-leaning commentators have been pushing for Biden to consider Duckworth for some time — The New York Times has featured at least two op-eds calling for Biden to select Duckworth in just the last several days — but Biden’s team has been set on selecting an African-American female running mate for the former vice president, concerned that racial tensions, which have risen dramatically since the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.
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