Pete Buttigieg is revealing his thoughts on not being picked at former Vice President Kamala Harris‘ 2024 Presidential Election running mate.
The 43-year-old former Transportation Secretary was the VP’s first choice to be her running mate in last year’s election, but she reveals in her new memoir why she went ended up not choosing him and he’s reacting to that reason.
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In Kamala‘s upcoming memoir, “107 Days,” she recounts her 2024 Presidential Election campaign, and revealed that Pete was her first pick, but it would be too risky to have a Black woman and a gay man on the ticket.
She wrote that he “would have been an ideal partner—if I were a straight white man,” per The Atlantic. “But we were already asking a lot of America: to accept a woman, a Black woman, a Black woman married to a Jewish man. 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.
On Thursday (September 18), Pete revealed he was surprised to read that excerpt from her forthcoming book.
“My experience in politics has been that the way that you earn trust with voters is based mostly on what they think you’re going to do for their lives, not on categories,” he told Politico.
Pete also shared that he believes in “giving Americans more credit” than assuming they wouldn’t vote for them both on the ticket.
Kamala, of course, ended up going with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her VP running mate.
While Tim recently announced he’s running for re-election, Kamala recently explained why she won’t be running for California Governor.
Kamala Harris‘ upcoming memoir “107 Days” about the 2024 Election is set to be released this coming Tuesday (September 23). You can pre-order on Amazon now!
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