From Mitti Hicks
September 18, 2025
“But we have already asked a lot of America: a woman, a black woman, a black woman who is married to a Jewish man,” writes the former Vice President in her upcoming memoirs.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris wanted transport secretary Pete Buttigieg during her 2024 run for the White House, but rejected the agreement because it was too risky.
The Atlantic reported on this news from her highly awaited book on Wednesday. The book will be published on September 23.
Harris writes that Pete Buttigieg would have been “an ideal partner – if I were a straight white man.
“But we have already asked a lot of America: a woman, a black woman, a black woman who is married to a Jewish man,” Harris writes. “Some of me wanted to say:” Fuck, just let us do it. “But knowing what was at stake was too much risk.
“And I think Pete knew that too – to our mutual sadness.”
Who is Pete Buttigieg?
Buttigieg entered the spotlight in early 2019 when he announced his candidacy to become the democratic candidate for the 2020 presidential election.
It was a risky step for the then mayor of South Bend, Indiana. He entered a pool of more than 20 democratic hopes of hope, which included the Senators Harris, Cory Booker (D-NJ), Elizabeth Warren (D-Ma) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
In contrast to his colleagues, Buttigieg had no experience at the national level and was seen as a “lower” candidate. As an open gay man, political experts said that America was not ready for an open gay president and a first gentleman.
But he built up an incredible coalition and his floor game helped him to narrow the first in the nation in Iowa. He tied with Sanders for most delegates in the primary strength of New Hampshire. After taking fourth place in the South Carolina primary school, he rose on March 1, 2020. He later supported Joe Biden.
With 38, Butzigieg was the youngest candidate of the Democratic primary breed 2020, a veteran who Had served as a secret service officer in the United States Navy Reserve, including A six -month use in Afghanistan. He later became a transport secretary.
Together with Buttigieg, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, Josh Shapiro, Governor Pennsylvania, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz were all on Harris' shortlist of the running colleagues. Walz finally got the nod.
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