Harris says Buttigieg was her ‘first choice’ for 2024 running mate but the pairing was too risky

Washington (AP) – Former Vice President Kamala Harris According to a quote of his new book, Pete said he would choose Buttigieg as his running friend last year, but America is not ready to match.

Harris writes in an quote “107 days” On Wednesday, former President Joe Biden’s Transportation Secretary was the “first choice ve and added that he would be an ideal partner if I was a flat white man”.

“But we were already asking a lot of America: a woman, a black woman, to accept a black woman married to a Jewish man.

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In the quotation of the book, he writes his love of working with Buttigieg and his friendship with him and his husband, but he writes that the two will be very risky on democratic tickets.

“And I think Pete knew that – to our mutual sorrow,” he writes.

It was not immediately clear to which point he decided against an old South Bend, Indiana, Mayor and former intelligence officer in the Navy Reserves. Buttigieg appeared as a national political figure during the 2020 Presidential Run, which finished on Iowa meetings.

Associated Press, buttigieg spokesman immediately did not hear.

After Biden fell Following the presidential race in July 2024 A terrible discussion performanceHarris remained at the head of democratic tickets.

Chose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz As a running friend After the attack line Former President Donald Trump and his running friend, then-Ohio Sen. JD Vance- “These guys are just strange” -yygın spread. Ultimately loss.

Harris, who referred to the length of the intensified presidential campaign, will be published by Simon & Schuster on Tuesday.