The VP Pick Kamala Harris wanted but couldn't choose by her book

Kamala Harris revealed in her emerging memoir, 107 days, that she initially wanted Pete Buttigieg as her running partner in the 2024 election, but instead chose the governor of Minnesota, and as a result of social prejudice as a “too great risk”. Kamala Harris explained that her choice of Tim Walz was affected by Pete Buttigieg by concerns about Americans who accepted a black woman VP who married a Jewish man. (Photo by Drew Angerer / AFP / File Photo) (AFP) Former US Vice President Kamala Harris set out why she finally chose the governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, as her running partner in the 2024 election, instead of her first choice, Pete buttig. Harris, in an excerpt from her upcoming memoir, 107 days, obtained by the Atlantic, but but the openly gay former transport secretary, described as her ‘first choice’ for the vice president’s slot, but later concluded that he was ‘too big’ for the ticket. “Buttigieg would have been an ideal partner – if I was a straight white man,” Harris wrote. She added: “But we have already asked a lot of America: to accept a woman, a black woman, a black woman who is married to a Jewish man. Part of me wanted to say: Screw it, let’s just do it. But if I know what was at stake, it was too big at risk. (The Atlantic) selection of Tim Walz finally chose Harris Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota, as her running partner. The ticket lost the popular voice, the election college and every swing -state to Donald Trump in 2024. Praise for Buttigieg Harris emphasized Buttigieg’s qualities in her book and called him a sincere civil servant with the rare talent to make liberal arguments in a way that makes it possible for conservative to hear it. ” “I love Pete,” she wrote. “I love working with Pete. He and his husband, Chasten, are friends. ‘ (The Atlantic Ocean) Buttigieg’s political future Pete Buttigieg, who first received national attention during the Democratic Presidential Primary of 2020 as Mayor of South Bend, remains a prominent figure within the party and is considered an early favorite for the Democratic nomination of 2028.