""I'd ask you to just elaborate on that a little bit. It's hard to hear, with you running as you're the first woman elected vice president, you're a Black woman and a South Asian woman elected to that high office, very nearly elected president, to say that he couldn't be on the ticket effectively because he was gay. It's hard to hear,""
""No, no, no - that's not what I said," she insisted. "It made me very sad, but I also realized it would be a real risk, no matter how I've been an advocate and an ally of the LGBT community my entire life. It wasn't about any prejudice on my part. ... I think Pete is a phenomenal, phenomenal public servant, and I think America is and would be ready for that.""
Kamala Harris granted a national interview following the 2024 election and departure from office. The conversation focused on her memoir's account of the brief 2024 campaign and her running mate choice. Harris explained that pairing a Black woman married to a Jewish man with a gay man on the ticket seemed electorally risky against Donald Trump, framing the decision as strategic rather than prejudiced. The interviewer pressed on the difficulty of that rationale given Harris's historic candidacy. Harris defended Pete Buttigieg as a strong public servant and said she selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for his Midwestern profile and military service.
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