If You Think Tim Walz Was Bad, Just Look At Kamala’s First Choice

Tim Walz may be the first (presumably) heterosexual DEI pick. 

Former Vice President Kamala Harris had a different “first choice” for running mate, The Atlantic reports: Pete Buttigieg. 

Harris decided it would be “too big a risk,” according to the excerpts of Harris’ forthcoming memoir published by The Atlantic. 

Buttigieg “would have been an ideal partner—if I were a straight white man,” Harris reportedly writes. 

What’s a (presumably) straight brown woman to do?

“But 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 wanted to say, Screw it, let’s just do it. But knowing what was at stake, it was too big of a risk.” (RELATED: Charlamagne Tells Pete Buttigieg His ‘Biggest Problem With Democrats’ To His Face)

Kamala Harris claims she couldn’t pick Pete Buttigieg as her VP because he’s gay, so she settled for buffoon Tim Walz.

So to her, being gay is a bigger liability than endorsing taxpayer-funded sex changes for minors?!

This logic is incoherent. Voters made the right choice. pic.twitter.com/FwsBLUvbK7

— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) September 18, 2025

“And I think Pete also knew that—to our mutual sadness.”

Put aside Harris’ weepy air of sacrifice. If Harris et al. believed the 2024 election was a battle for the soul of the nation, why risk running Harris herself? 

Narcissism and self-interest, probably. 

But Harris wasn’t up against “America.” She was up against Americans, who regard Buttigieg with varying approval. 

Buttigieg is popular with New Hampshire Democrats. Among that cohort, Buttigieg tied with Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a hypothetical 2028 presidential primary, according to a Saint Anselm survey conducted in late August. Pollsters surveyed 1,776 New Hampshire registered voters and had a margin of error of +/- 2.3 percentage points.

New Hampshire is overwhelmingly white.

A whopping zero percent of black respondents supported Buttigieg when asked which candidate they’d back for the Democratic Party’s 2028 presidential nomination, according to an Emerson College poll from late June. Pollsters surveyed 1,000 registered voters and had a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points.

.@DonaldJTrumpJr on Tim Walz: “I’ve never seen a wrist so limp.” pic.twitter.com/zDbxElEomg

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) March 21, 2025

Buttigieg has “one big, glaring soft spot … which is his relationship with the Black community,” a veteran Democratic strategist told The Hill in Aug. “He didn’t have a lot of African American fans from his time as mayor, he didn’t have a lot of Black support when he ran for president, and I haven’t seen evidence that he’s done much to fix that over the last few years.”

Harris had her own troubles with black voters.

Former President Barack Obama wagged his finger at black men in October 2024, telling reporters, “My understanding, based on reports I’m getting from campaigns and communities, is that we have not yet seen the same kinds of energy and turnout in all quarters of our neighborhoods and communities as you saw when I was running. Now, I also want to say that it seems more pronounced with the brothers.” (RELATED: ‘So Patronizing’: Dem Strategist Torpedoes Obama Over His Message To Black Men)

President Donald Trump doubled his support among black voters between 2020 and 2024, according to Pew Research. Harris won 83% of the black vote. 

Granted, 83% is nothing to sneer at. But perhaps Harris would’ve seen Obama-level-turnout if she’d picked a running mate that more obviously telegraphed heterosexuality.

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