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Harris says Buttigieg 'first choice' for VP in 2024 but proved 'too risky' [View all]
Former Vice President Kamala Harris revealed in her upcoming book that former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was her “first choice” for a running mate in her 2024 presidential run, but that he would have proved “too risky.”
The Atlantic reported on an excerpt of her book “107 Days” on Wednesday, detailing Harris’s assessment that Buttigieg “would have been an ideal partner — if I were a straight white man.”
“But we were already asking a lot of America: to accept a woman, a Black woman, a Black woman married to a Jewish man,” the former vice president wrote. “Part of me wanted to say, ‘Screw it, let’s just do it.’ But knowing what was at stake, it was too big of a risk.”
“And I think Pete also knew that — to our mutual sadness,” she added.
The Atlantic reported on an excerpt of her book “107 Days” on Wednesday, detailing Harris’s assessment that Buttigieg “would have been an ideal partner — if I were a straight white man.”
“But we were already asking a lot of America: to accept a woman, a Black woman, a Black woman married to a Jewish man,” the former vice president wrote. “Part of me wanted to say, ‘Screw it, let’s just do it.’ But knowing what was at stake, it was too big of a risk.”
“And I think Pete also knew that — to our mutual sadness,” she added.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5509514-harris-buttigieg-2024-election-running-mate/
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