"In Harris's book about her presidential campaign, 107 Days, she writes that Americans likely wouldn't vote for a Black woman, married to a Jewish man, with a gay man as her vice-presidential pick. Buttigieg was her first choice for her running mate, she says, and he would have been ideal if she were a straight white man. That passage was contained in an excerpt published in The Atlantic this week."
""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 said at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Monroe County Democratic Headquarters in Indiana. "Politics is about the results we can get for people and not about these other things," he added. He noted his two terms as mayor of South Bend, Indiana - he was reelected after coming out -"
A claim asserts that Americans would likely avoid electing a Black woman married to a Jewish man who selected a gay vice-presidential pick. The same claim identifies a specific gay male as a preferred running mate but characterizes such a ticket as an unacceptable electoral risk. A counterclaim emphasizes that voter trust is earned by expected policy outcomes and not identity categories. Evidence cited for the counterclaim includes successful local election results after coming out and historical statewide voting patterns. The exchange reflects conflicting views on electability, identity, and voter decision-making criteria.
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