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s in trouble, right? That's so embarrassing. No that doesn't work the other way, does it? It probably does but I just don't know examples. I'm probably being biased about this. Does it work the other way that Republicans try to turn into Democrats when they're running for election? Maybe they do. Maybe they do a little bit. Maybe they soften. They probably soften on abortion a little bit in some…

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l the fun, right? So don't assume that this is a slam dunk. But boy the simulation is just screaming for it, isn't it? The simulation seriously wants this to happen. So we'll see. We'll see. If I were to predict it's going to happen it would be based entirely on the most entertaining outcome, not on any evidence. Not on any evidence. Because I don't believe anything on the internet.

All right, here's another simulation alert. As you know Senator Tim Scott has announced he's going to run as a Republican and I'm going to make a prediction based on the same phenomenon that reality will be the most entertaining reality for me. So this will be just personal. I believe that Tim Scott will end up being Trump's VP choice. Here's why. Because it will drive me crazy to hear that the ticket is Trump Scott and I will be plagued forever until the election because people will think it's very funny to point out that Scott is my name as well. And people say well it's about time you were running on the ticket. And then they will laugh and it will be funny. So for that reason alone I'm going to predict that Trump will pick Tim Scott as his running mate because it's just the weirdest. It's the weirdest most simulation-like outcome. It's just the weirdest.

Now on top of that Tim Scott's kind of perfect because you want a vice president who's serious and substantial, doesn't have scandals, you know there's no negatives that are coming with it, but is not as fascinating as the top of the ticket. Perfect. You know, Tim Scott is a solid person who you wouldn't mind having as your president. You know I suppose your mileage might differ if you're a Democrat but you can imagine him being president and you can imagine yourself being comfortable with that. So that's a perfect fit. Not as much wattage as the president. Takes care of some of the biggest weakness that Trump has. What's Trump's biggest weakness? Yeah, racism. So if he runs with a black vice president they'll still call him a racist. They'll call him an Uncle Tom but the attacks won't have the same feeling. It will also set up Tim Scott as an obvious person who runs for president after being a vice president. And if you're black and you just want a black president, which we saw with Obama, you know what do you get, 96% of the black vote or something? There might be some people who say you know what, that's the shortest path to the next black president. So maybe they like that. Maybe so.

I think it would be, to me he seems like the most obvious choice. What do you think of that? You got really quiet when I said that. Is there any negative to that? Tim Scott as vice president for Trump. Is there any negative to that?

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It almost feels too obvious, doesn't it? It feels like it's just really obvious. Yeah, maybe I could see Kristi Noem being a choice as well but Tim Scott seems more obvious. All right, do you know the Trigonometry podcast? It's a pretty big deal. It's made a lot of news with some big interviews. Apparently they're British based and their bank just shut them down with no explanation. No explanatio…

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