In her forthcoming memoir, 107 Days, Kamala Harris has revealed that she considered Pete Buttigieg as a potential running mate for her presidential ticket, and describes him as her “first choice” and “an ideal partner if I were a straight white man.”
The book, which is set to be released on September 23, details her 2024 presidential campaign and her decision-making process.
In the excerpt, Harris explains why she ultimately did not choose Buttigieg, writing, “We were already asking a lot of America: to accept a woman, a Black woman, a Black woman married to a Jewish man.”
She adds that the pairing would have been too “risky” for the electorate.
Harris goes on to praise Buttigieg in the memoir, describing him as “a sincere public servant with the rare talent of being able to frame liberal arguments in a way that makes it possible for conservatives to hear them.”
