Former Vice President Kamala Harris is setting the record straight after facing scrutiny for snubbing former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg as her 2024 running mate.

In her new book, released Tuesday, Harris explained that Buttigieg was her first choice as a vice presidential contender, describing him as “an ideal partner — if I were a straight white man.” She wrote that the former official under President Joe Biden’s administration — who emerged as a rising star in the Democratic Party during the 2020 primary — led a list of eight names on her initial vetting list, The Atlantic reported last week. However, she ultimately picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) instead.

“But we were already asking a lot of America: to accept a woman, a Black woman, a Black woman married t

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