{"id":2299965,"date":"2024-07-18T21:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T01:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roy-cooper-should-be-kamala-harriss-running-mate-if-biden-drops-out-former-dnc-chairman-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-18T21:37:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T01:37:54","slug":"former-dnc-chairman-suggests-roy-cooper-as-kamala-harriss-running-mate-if-biden-exits-race-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-dnc-chairman-suggests-roy-cooper-as-kamala-harriss-running-mate-if-biden-exits-race-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Former DNC chairman suggests Roy Cooper as Kamala Harris&#8217;s running mate if Biden exits race &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-dnc-chairman-suggests-roy-cooper-as-kamala-harriss-running-mate-if-biden-exits-race-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2299965&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The former chairman of\u2062 the Democratic National Committee \u2062suggested that Vice President Kamala Harris \u200bshould lead\u2063 the\u200b party&#8217;s ticket with Gov. Roy Cooper \u200bof North Carolina as her running mate \u200dif\u200d President\u200c Joe Biden decides not to run for reelection. \u2062Howard Dean emphasized the \u2063importance of diversity in \u2063the Democratic coalition \u200dand \u2064expressed \u200dsupport for a Harris-Cooper ticket during an interview. This\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morning-wire-group-of-veterans-rescues-hundreds-of-american-allies-judge-blocks-unvaccinated-mom-from-seeing-son-movie-theaters-consider-vaccine-mandates\/\" title=\"Morning Wire: Group Of Veterans Rescues Hundreds Of American Allies, Judge Blocks Unvaccinated Mom From Seeing Son, Movie Theaters Consider Vaccine Mandates\">potential ticket<\/a> was proposed in\u2064 hopes\u200d of winning North\u2062 Carolina in the\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">upcoming election<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Roy Cooper should be Kamala Harris&rsquo;s running mate if Biden drops out: Former DNC chairman<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1706883\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/howard-dean\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>chairman<\/a> of the Democratic National Committee said Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> should lead his party&rsquo;s ticket with Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC) by her side should President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> end his reelection bid.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Howard Dean floated the hypothetical Harris-Cooper ticket during an interview on Thursday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-a-simple-question-tom-cotton-confronts-top-generals-over-bidens-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\" title=\"\u2018It\u2019s A Simple Question\u2019: Tom Cotton Confronts Top Generals Over Biden\u2019s Afghanistan Withdrawal\">president decides<\/a> not to run &hellip; I would favor a Harris-Cooper ticket, and I think we would pick up North Carolina as a result,&rdquo; Dean<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/abbydphillip\/status\/1813970684638597616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> told<\/a> CNN&rsquo;s Abby Phillip.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dean served as the DNC chairman between 2005 and 2009. His words of support for Harris came after Phillip suggested some Democrats would prefer an open convention process instead of supplanting Harris right away.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She happens to be black and she happens to be a woman,&rdquo; Dean said on CNN. &ldquo;Who are the two most important groups in the coalition the Democrats need to win? They are women and they are people of color.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&ldquo;If the president decides not to run, I see Kamala Harris and I would hope Roy cooper, who is the former governor or the governor of North Carolina, who&#8217;s not running again, I think it will be actually easier for us to win North Carolina,&rdquo; former DNC Chair Howard Dean tells me <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lvS8dZFuOI\">pic.twitter.com\/lvS8dZFuOI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abbydphillip\/status\/1813970684638597616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The former top Democrat believes proposals to push an open convention and kick Harris off the top of the ticket are absurd.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to kick out a black woman from the perceived No. 1 slot; she&rsquo;s in the No. 2 slot?&rdquo; Phillips rhetorically asked. &ldquo;I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t think so. That would really roil the party.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gov. Roy Cooper (R-NC) arrives to deliver a speech about healthcare at an event in Raleigh, North Carolina, Tuesday, March. 26, 2024. (AP Photo\/Matt Kelley)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many Democrats are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3088885\/rumors-swirl-biden-opening-up-to-exiting-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>openly considering<\/a> alternatives to Biden as the 81-year-old&rsquo;s bid for reelection <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3088684\/pelosi-coordinating-behind-scenes-dump-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>wobbles<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cooper is term limited as North Carolina&rsquo;s governor and will be replaced at the end of this year. Democrats are hoping they can pick up North Carolina in the Electoral College for the first time since 2008.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1706883\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1706883\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former DNC chairman Howard Dean suggested that if President Joe Biden decides not to run for reelection, Vice President Kamala Harris should lead the Democratic ticket with Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina as her running mate. Dean believes that this Harris-Cooper ticket could help the Democrats win North Carolina and emphasizes the importance of women and people of color in the party&#8217;s coalition. Dean dismissed proposals to replace Harris at the top of the ticket, stating that removing a black woman from that position would cause turmoil within the party. Cooper, who is term-limited as governor of North Carolina, is seen as a potential candidate to help Democrats secure the state in the Electoral College<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2299966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/harris-cooper-ticket.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3879,35540,32438,35541],"class_list":["post-2299965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-chairman","tag-former-dnc","tag-kamala-harris","tag-roy-cooper"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/harris-cooper-ticket.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2299965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2299966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2299965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2299965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2299965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}