Pete Buttigieg Rebukes Kamala Harris for Passing Him Over in Veepstakes Because He’s Gay

Isaac Schorr Sep 19th, 2025, 9:27 am

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Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg rebuked former Vice President and Democratic Party standard-bearer Kamala Harris on Thursday for passing him over in her veepstakes because of his sexual orientation.

In her new memoir about her 2024 campaign, , Harris revealed that Buttigieg was her “first choice” to tap to join her ticket, and that “he would have been an ideal partner — if I were a straight white man.” Ultimately, Harris decided on Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) instead.

“We were already asking a lot of America: to accept a woman, a Black woman, a Black woman married to a Jewish man. Part of me wan

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