• LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    Don’t forget he went to Harris and she turned him away, and he went to Trump. Trump “allegedly” gave him the position in exchange for dropping out of the race and endorsing Trump. Which happened directly after.

    People claimed at the time that would be illegal as it would fall under quid pro quo.

    Edit: had to update it because the timeline was unclear which he went to first. One source reports he went to Trump first, then Harris after. Either way the result was the same. Harris didn’t respond, and Trump did. Getting the endorsement