Let's talk about the leading
candidate for president of Narnia, Robert
F. Kennedy, Jr. He's been running
a strong third in the race for president. And yesterday, he found
out who has the honor of coming in third with him. RFK, Jr. has named
his running mate at a campaign rally yesterday. Her name, Nicole Shanahan. She's only 38 years old, an
Oakland, California native, a tech entrepreneur
who has donated to Democratic
presidential campaigns and was formerly married to
Google cofounder, Sergey Brin. REPORTER: She is a
Silicon Valley lawyer and philanthropist
who is expected to infuse her own personal
wealth into the campaign. The purpose of wealth
is to help those in need. REPORTER: She did
give $4 million to help pay for RFK, Jr.'s
recent Super Bowl ad. That's right. The independent outsider taking
on the political and corporate power structure decided
to run for president with his sugar daddy. [LAUGHTER] Although to be
fair, he didn't just pick her because she's
willing to spend $4 million to get him elected. He also had much
dumber reasons. I wanted a vice president
who shared my passion for wholesome, healthy foods,
chemical-free, for regenerative agriculture, for good soils. [CHEERING] I also wanted someone
who was an athlete, who could help me inspire
Americans to heal, to get them back in shape. And I'm happy to
report that my vice president is an avid surfer-- [CHEERING] --who attend-- who
attended school on a softball scholarship. [LAUGHTER] Is he picking a vice
president or a gym coach? I-- who cares if she surfs? There's never been a
crisis in American history that required the VP to
shred the gnar, you know? By the way, a softball
scholarship is not the boast you think it is. Hey, this lady got into college
but not for being smart. [LAUGHTER] So RFK, Jr., he has
his running mate. But is she who his
supporters wanted? Yesterday, we sent
our own Michael Kosta to Oakland to find out. I'm here in Oakland,
California at an RFK, Jr. campaign event, where
he's set to announce his vice presidential running mate. It's exciting.
I'm unvaxed. I'm unwaxed. And I'm ready to go.
Come on. MICHAEL KOSTA (VOICEOVER):
It was just a few hours before the big announcement. And people were excited about
a short list of incredibly credible candidates. I think Aaron Rodgers
is also an amazing-- Aaron Rodgers, just
because he's also-- he's also
antimandatory vaccines. I really like how Aaron
Rodgers stood up and spoke out against the COVID tyranny. Aaron Rodgers is the
only guy with experience, The Joe Rogan Experience. - Tony Robbins.
- Yeah. What a hero. I saw Tony Robbins up there. - Tony Robbins, yeah.
- Tony Robbins could go. I love Tony Robbins. Can you imagine
a cabinet meeting being like, if you can see
it, you can believe it, we can do it?
That's it. - Totally.
- You know? We need that kind of energy. I think it's easy for
people in the mainstream media to discount RFK,
Jr.'s candidacy. But when you look around, this
is a pretty serious event. So which Property Brother
do you think he's going to pick for vice president? MICHAEL KOSTA (VOICEOVER):
These were serious choices for serious supporters. I am a conspiracy theorist. Great. Or-- or factualist
as you have it. So which one of
RFK, Jr.'s policies-- excuse me-- conspiracy theories
do you also track with? His work looking
into vaccines-- Right. --and the issues of vaccines. How quickly after you get
vaccinated do you get autism? Oh, that I don't know. OK. So first off, conspiracy
theory, what is a conspiracy? I don't know.
I don't know. You don't know
what a conspiracy is? I'm asking you.
I mean, I have some ideas. Did you go to school? Not really.
You kidding me? For media, they just kind
of give you this credential. Lookit-- I wore this suit. I got this. MICHAEL KOSTA
(VOICEOVER): Maybe I did need to relearn a
little bit about conspiracies. Earth, flat or sphere? Sphere. Moon landing, real or fake? Probably fake. Female orgasm, real or fake? Could be fake, could be real. Well, that's not helping me. MICHAEL KOSTA (VOICEOVER):
Since none of this was really helping me, I was
glad when it finally came time to hear the big announcement. There's something in the
air right now along with all the cancer-causing Wi-Fi. And it's excitement. I'm proud to
introduce to all of you the next vice president
of the United States of America, Nicole Shanahan. Called it. I called it. Called it. MICHAEL KOSTA
(VOICEOVER): That's right, an IP lawyer in the
digital space, who funded RFK, Jr.'s multimillion-dollar
Super Bowl commercial somehow beat out
the host of Dirty Jobs, a truly historic moment. How exciting is this? We have a complete ticket,
and the VP candidate is-- Nicole Shanahan. And that is-- Depressing. When they announced
her name in there, people were going crazy-- Certainly. --googling, Who
is this person? Sure.
We all are. OK. What's your initial thoughts? Don't know much. I guess I was a little
disappointed when I heard, and I didn't really
know who she was. Yeah. I mean, I think I
vaguely had heard the name. Yeah. I mean, I know the name Nicole. Right. And I know the name Shanahan. Yeah. But I didn't
know them together. MICHAEL KOSTA
(VOICEOVER): So I guess Aaron Rodgers is out of luck
and a lot of other potential veeps. I thought he would
pick maybe, like, an inside politics,
like, Black woman. That's who I thought
he would pick. Let's name our favorite
inside politics Black woman on the count of three.
Ready? 1, 2, 3, you start. - Oh.
- Right, OK. There's a bunch
of them, but-- - Yeah, got it.
- Yeah. - Maybe Oprah.
- Maybe Oprah. Oprah. That would have
been a good pick. Probably couldn't
get her though. MICHAEL KOSTA (VOICEOVER):
Fine, no Oprah. But I had one more easy
question for these truly engaged supporters. Do you feel that
Nicole Shanahan is a step in the same
direction as RFK, Jr.? Don't know. MICHAEL KOSTA (VOICEOVER):
Looks like these RFK fans are going to have to do a
bit more of their own research.
