Overview

• Harris’s book, 107 Days, says she passed on Pete Buttigieg in 2024 because pairing a Black woman with a gay man felt “too big of a risk.”
• On The Weekly Show, Stewart pressed DNC Chair Ken Martin on voter trust and blasted Harris’s account as “reverse affirmative action.”
• Harris defended the choice on MSNBC, saying the decision was driven by a compressed timeline and high stakes rather than prejudice.
• Buttigieg told Politico he was surprised by Harris’s account and argued for giving Americans more credit on who they would support.
• The exchange has drawn wide coverage and renewed intra-Democratic criticism of perceived gaps between party rhetoric and decisions.