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Harris says Buttigieg was her 'first choice' for 2024 running mate but the pairing was too risky
- Kamala Harris stated that Pete Buttigieg was her 'first choice' for the 2024 running mate role and described him as 'an ideal partner.'
- Harris expressed that Buttigieg 'would have been an ideal partner' if she were a straight white man, indicating her awareness of broader societal acceptance.
- Harris reflected on taking a risk by suggesting, 'Part of me wanted to say, Screw it, let’s just do it,' acknowledging the stakes involved.
- These remarks come amid potential 2028 contenders starting to travel the U.S. as the second Trump administration begins.
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Harris says Buttigieg was her 'first choice' for 2024 running mate but the pairing was too risky
In an excerpt of former Vice President Kamala Harris's new book, she says she would have picked Pete Buttigieg as her running mate last year but America wasn’t ready for the pairing.
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The Running Mate Kamala Harris Didn’t Dare Choose
Jonathan Lemire reports on a passage from Kamala Harris’s soon-to-be-released book, 107 Days, that as Harris rushed to pick a running mate last year, her “first choice” was her close friend Pete Buttigieg, but she decided that it would be “too big of a risk” for a Black woman to run with a
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Leaning Left7Leaning Right1Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution54% Left
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