Buttigieg was Harris’s first choice for 2024 running mate — if she was not a ‘black woman married to a Jewish man’

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris revealed in an excerpt of her upcoming book that she would have chosen former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg as her 2024 running mate if she were not a “black woman married to a Jewish man.”

Harris’s comments suggest Democratic voters wouldn’t want to support a presidential ticket featuring a black woman and a gay man.

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