Although she still hasn’t officially received the Democratic Party’s nomination, it is becoming increasingly likely that Kamala Harris will be at the top of the presidential ticket in November in the wake of Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the race.
She is busy looking for a suitable running mate, and among the several names being mentioned in news reports is a former 2020 presidential primary rival who has since gone on to receive a position in the Biden administration.
According to Newsweek:
The odds on Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg being the Democratic Party’s 2024 vice presidential candidate have improved with one leading bookmaker over the past 24 hours, following media reports that the campaign team of Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is considering him for the role.
On Wednesday, William Hill offered odds of 14/1 (6.7 percent) on Buttigieg running as the Democrats‘ vice presidential pick, but this improved to 4/1 (20 percent) as of 5 a.m. ET on Thursday.
President Joe Biden announced on Sunday that he was dropping out of the presidential race and endorsed Harris as the Democratic Party’s nominee. Harris quickly established herself as the front-runner to replace Biden at the top of the party’s ticket, securing enough delegate support to clinch the nomination—which has sparked intense speculation about her running mate.
On Wednesday, MSNBC producer Kyle Griffin wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that the Harris campaign was considering Buttigieg as a running mate. NBC News previously reported that the campaign had asked for vetting materials from five potential candidates: Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and Arizona Senator Mark Kelly.
A presidential ticket led by a woman of color and filled out with a gay man might look good to the diversity-obsessed Democratic Party, but Buttigieg has a spotty record as secretary of the Transportation Department and little experience of note prior to that position.
Where's Pete Buttigieg??? Is he still on paternity leave??? Where did the "infrastructure" money really go??? 🧐🤔 pic.twitter.com/NDwUSQCtgm
— Gav aka Citizen Se7en🌵🇺🇸🏴🇩🇪 (@Its_Gav_7) June 26, 2023
Buttigieg is not the saint ppl are painting him as. Remember him fkng up on the Ohio toxic spill? https://t.co/AWBwPUI0Ss
— Abandoned by All ♿️ (@Skogsfrun13) July 24, 2024
Where is Pete Buttigieg?
Another train derailment…… pic.twitter.com/AsL0XIqMum
— Carissa (@njoyzgrl81) June 27, 2024
I'd say this sounds like a train wreck, but Buttigieg wouldn't understand what that means. https://t.co/lZBAJ9cvQB
— Fuzzy Chimp 🇺🇸🍌 (@fuzzychimpcom) July 19, 2024
Between East Palestine, the Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore and the countless incidents at America’s airports, I am more determined than ever to ask Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, “Why are you terrible at your job?”
pic.twitter.com/pOKAHoqKj3— Charles R Downs (@TheCharlesDowns) March 26, 2024
Buttigieg has already gone on the offensive against JD Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate.
As The Hill reported:
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg hit back at Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), tapped earlier this month to be former President Trump’s running mate, for remarks he made in the past about “childless” figures within the Democratic Party.
“The really sad thing is, he said that after Chasten [Buttigieg] and I had been through a fairly heartbreaking setback in our adoption journey,” Buttigieg, who now has twins, said Tuesday on CNN’s “The Source.”
“He couldn’t have known that, but maybe that’s why you shouldn’t be talking about other people’s children,” he told host Kaitlan Collins in the interview, highlighted by Mediaite.
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He was asked about the possibility of joining Harris’ ticket during a recent MSNBC interview:
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