Comparisons have inevitably been drawn on each side of the aisle between Vice President Kamala Harris and Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ character Selina Meyer from HBO’s hit satirical comedy “Veep” amid Harris’ probably rise to the highest of the Democratic ticket within the 2024 election.
However Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is definitely “the Selina-est candidate,” “Veep” showrunner David Mandel mentioned in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter printed Thursday.
And right here’s why, per Mandel: “Useless, apprehensive about his seems to be, has a ridiculously higher relationship along with his physique individuals than his personal youngsters, petty, vindictive, worries about his personal cash, doesn’t consider what he says, says no matter to get elected.”
Mandel acknowledged the straightforward info of Harris and the fictional Meyer each being girls and “VPs being elevated.”
“However it’s prompted two sorts of response,” he lamented. One is from individuals utilizing “Veep” memes to rejoice Harris’ probably ascendancy, the opposite by “assholes” who’re “utilizing it as a easy method of insulting her.”
