Overview

• In an Atlantic excerpt from 107 Days, Kamala Harris wrote that Pete Buttigieg “would have been an ideal partner — if I were a straight white man,” concluding a ticket with multiple minority identities felt too risky in 2024.
• Buttigieg told Politico he was surprised by the account and argued voters judge candidates by what they will do for their lives rather than by identity categories.
• He added that Harris’s identity-based concern about the ticket’s makeup was not something they had discussed.
• On MSNBC’s The Weekend, hosts Eugene Daniels and Jonathan Capehart defended Harris’s calculus, saying the country is “run on categories” and that adding another “other” would have been difficult for voters.
• Reaction ranged from a Boston Herald editorial urging Democrats to prioritize results over identity to social-media threads mocking and debating Buttigieg’s “give Americans more credit” line, with both Harris and Buttigieg discussed as possible 2028 contenders.