Rachel Maddow confronts Kamala Harris on not picking Pete Buttigieg as her running mate because he’s gay

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Related: Pete Buttigieg responds to Kamala Harris not choosing him as her running mate because he’s gayIn the end, Harris chose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, whose Midwestern background and military service fit the mold of what strategists considered a “safe” running mate. "Maybe I was being too cautious,” Harris told Maddow. Buttigieg’s rebuttalSpeaking to Politico before Harris’s Maddow interview, the former transportation secretary countered that Americans deserved more credit than Harris gave them. I was wrong,” Harris told Maddow.