""I love Pete," Harris writes in an excerpt obtained by The Atlantic. "I love working with Pete. He and his husband, Chasten, are friends. 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.""
""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.""
Kamala Harris sought Pete Buttigieg as her preferred running mate for 2024 but judged pairing a Black woman with an openly gay man too risky for electoral success. Harris maintained a personal friendship with Buttigieg and his husband Chasten and acknowledged Buttigieg's strong résumé and communication skills. Harris selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to provide Midwestern pragmatism and perceived strategic balance. The Harris-Walz ticket ultimately lost to Donald Trump and JD Vance. The decision illustrates the tension between expanding representation and managing perceived voter backlash in Democratic electoral strategy.
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