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Shanahan's relationship with Kennedy leveled up earlier this year, when her new romantic partner, Jacob Strumwasser, a Bitcoin enthusiast whom she met, naturally, at Burning Man, suggested to Kennedy that he consider Shanahan as his vice presidential nominee. . . .Earlier this year, Shanahan and her new partner were at dinner with Kennedy and his wife, Cheryl Hines"who starred on Curb Your Enthusiasm"when Strumwasser made his proposal for Shanahan to enter the veepstakes.

"Both Cheryl and Bobby spin around in their chairs, and they're looking at me, and they're like, Would you consider it?'" Shanahan recounted on Steele's podcast.

"I said, Well, no one's asked me.'"

Soon after, Kennedy informed Shanahan that she was his pick. In public, he forcefully denied that he would ever "choose a vice presidential candidate based on how much money that they have." But it was hard to dispute that his campaign was thirsting for cash, and that Shanahan had already ponied up $4 million to help pay for his Super PAC's controversial Super Bowl ad in February, which mirrored a famous advertisement once run by John F. Kennedy.

At her campaign announcement in late March, Shanahan stood before Kennedy's rowdy fans, beamed in her lilac pantsuit, and made a brash prediction: "I will be the youngest vice president in American history."

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