"Harris replied: "My point is, as I write in the book, in one of the most hotly contested elections... against someone like Donald Trump, who knows no floor, to be a Black woman running for president of United States and [have] a vice-presidential running mate [who is] a gay man, with the stakes being so high, it made me very sad but I realised it would be a real risk.""
"A recent excerpt previewed in The Atlantic offered some insight into her choice for a potential vice-president. Buttigieg, who went up against Biden and Harris for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 race for the White House election, was her "first choice." However, it was "too big a risk", she decided and plumped for Minnesota governor Tim Walz instead. "We were already asking a lot of America: to accept a woman, a Black woman, a Black woman married to a Jewish man," she said."
"She insisted that the decision not to go with Buttigieg, whom she described as "a phenomenal public servant," wasn't about prejudice, although she admitted: "Maybe I was being too cautious." America was ready for a gay leader, she added, and praised the man, still sometimes called Mayor Pete, for his ability to win over conservative voters. Speaking to Politico last week, Buttigieg responded to the former vice-president'"
Kamala Harris defended not selecting Pete Buttigieg as her running mate, saying he had been her first choice but presented too big a risk given the stakes. She noted the campaign faced asking voters to accept multiple identity factors — a Black woman, a Black woman married to a Jewish man — alongside a gay vice-presidential candidate, and feared the combination could be detrimental in an intense race against Donald Trump. Harris described Buttigieg as a phenomenal public servant, acknowledged possibly being overly cautious, and praised his ability to win over conservative voters.
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