{"id":217596,"date":"2024-03-17T09:42:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T13:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=217596"},"modified":"2024-03-17T09:42:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T13:42:49","slug":"wtf-robert-f-kennedy-jr-expected-to-tap-google-co-founder-brins-ex-wife-nicole-shanahan-as-running-mate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=217596","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>WTF!!! &#8220;Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Expected to Tap Google Co-Founder Brin&#8217;s Ex-Wife Nicole Shanahan as Running Mate?<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-217597\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screen-Shot-2024-03-17-at-9.39.39-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"501\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screen-Shot-2024-03-17-at-9.39.39-AM.png 501w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screen-Shot-2024-03-17-at-9.39.39-AM-254x300.png 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Diana Falzone<br \/>\nMEDIAite<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/strong>\u00a0is planning to tap\u00a0<strong>Nicole Shanahan<\/strong>, a California-based attorney and entrepreneur once married to Google co-founder\u00a0<strong>Sergey Brinn<\/strong>, as his running mate for his independent bid for the presidency, Mediaite has learned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aaron Rodgers<\/strong>, the outspoken NFL quarterback who Kennedy\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/scoop-donors-threaten-to-abandon-rfk-jr-if-he-picks-aaron-rodgers-as-running-mate\/\">had been considering<\/a>\u00a0as his VP pick, is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-features\/rfk-jr-consultant-aaron-rodgers-vp-website-1234989038\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">out of the running<\/a>, a source close to the campaign said. The prospect of his selection prompted concerns among donors to the campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"qualified qualified-1\">Shanahan, who was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/12\/us\/politics\/nicole-shanahan-rfk-super-bowl-ad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">behind<\/a>\u00a0Kennedy\u2019s Super Bowl commercial, is now expected to be named the running mate to the long-shot bid.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_1_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-sticky-container adthrive-content adthrive-content-1 unit-wrap adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"CLb2yOG1-4QDFZs0swAdmNkNsg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,33173478\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ac64c79fdf4d60603abe6a5_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,33173478\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ac64c79fdf4d60603abe6a5_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,33173478\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ac64c79fdf4d60603abe6a5_0\" width=\"401\" height=\"334\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey align on numerous issues,\u201d a source close with the campaign said of Kennedy and Shanahan. \u201cThe campaign is also looking for a candidate who can help finance the ballot access initiative,\u201d that will be crucial if Kennedy stands a chance of competing in the election.<\/p>\n<p>The source added: \u201cShe might be infusing millions of dollars into the campaign to help fund the ballot initiative, which makes her attractive financially; however, she lacks the qualifications to actually do the job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"qualified qualified-2\">Mediaite found that the domain\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kennedyshanahan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">www.kennedyshanahan.com<\/a>\u00a0was registered on March 13th, and verified the donation page is live and accepting donations at the subdomain\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pay.kennedyshanahan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pay.kennedyshanahan.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_2_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-sticky-container adthrive-content adthrive-content-2 unit-wrap adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"CKGk57W2-4QDFT_UKAUd-ekC9g\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,33173478\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ac64c79fdf4d60603abe6a5_0__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,33173478\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ac64c79fdf4d60603abe6a5_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/3294b399dc9d6a8fcbf30dbf0d1b978f.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-40\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"6\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mediaite donated $1 through that donation page to discover the domain was registered by Kennedy senior advisor\u00a0<strong>Link Lipsitz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Kennedy did not respond to Mediaite\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Mediaite was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/exclusive-robert-f-kennedy-jr-planning-to-announce-independent-run\/\">first to report that Kennedy would be running as an independent<\/a>\u00a0in September.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/exclusive-robert-f-kennedy-jr-expected-to-tap-nicole-shanahan-as-running-mate\/\">https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/exclusive-robert-f-kennedy-jr-expected-to-tap-nicole-shanahan-as-running-mate\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=217596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=217596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=217596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=217596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}