Much has been made of Kamala Harris's new book, in which critics say she blamed everybody but herself for her devastating loss to Donald Trump last year.
But one of her reveals that has really garnered attention is that she didn't pick former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigeig as her 2024 running mate because she wasn't confident that the American people would support ticket that combined a homosexual V.P. and an African-American female.
She was asked about the controversy by far-left commentator Rachel Maddow on MSNBC.
"To be a black woman running for president of the United States and as a vice-presidential running mate a gay man … with the stakes being so high it made me very sad, but I also realized it would be a real risk."
Harris eventually chose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate.
Walz had already signed into law policies in Minnesota that aligned with key Democratic priorities: paid family/medical leave, child tax credits, gun safety (including universal background checks and red-flag laws), and, a biggie, codifying abortion rights.
In Walz Harris saw tangible accomplishments which she believed could serve as a model for national scale.
Micah Clark is executive director of the American Family Association of Indiana. He thinks Buttigeig's lifestyle was a factor in 2024 and will be again in 2028 if he runs for president.
“I don't think it's possible for him to be elected. He stands for everything the far-left believes that the American people reject, and at the end of the day people are going to vote on issues. So, I think while there is some appeal to Buttigieg as a raw politician, what he stands for and how he lives is not the way the American people live. It's not things that they support."
