When it became clear that Kamala Harris would be the likely Democratic presidential nominee, a social media joke involving white wines, paint swatches, and crackers was posted with captions suggesting they were Harris’s vice presidential choices.
One X user added, “Kamala’s VP options,” alongside a series of cream paint swatches captioned “Safe Whites: Our Top 40 Whites.” Above a row of “Interesting Whites” white wine bottles, someone scrawled, “Kamala is looking for a VP.” A third wrote, “Kamala’s menu of potential VPs,” above a menu with “light and crisp dry whites” and “rich whites.”
The Daily Show republished a 2020 photo of Kamala Harris receiving a phone from then-candidate Joe Biden telling her he had chosen her as his No. 2, captioned “Hello, am I at the Midwestern White Male Warehouse?”
If the tone was ironic, it reflected the view that quickly became popular among lawmakers in Washington, strategists and organizers nationwide, and ordinary voters: Kamala Harris, who is Black and Indian and would become the first woman president if elected, should choose a white running mate, preferably a white man.
Harris’ No. 2 is unknown. In addition to white men like Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, and Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, more diverse contenders like Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan have risen.
But the extent and speed with which the conventional wisdom has taken hold — that Kamala Harris must choose a white man as her vice president if she wants to win — shows, at its most cynical, that the nation will tolerate no more than some deviation from its white male foundation, even though the political world is more diverse than ever.
“It’s not surprising that the conventional wisdom is that if we put a woman at the top of the list, there’s — and I say this in quotes — ‘balance,’ which is always part of the equation,” says Rutgers University Center for American Women and Politics director Debbie Walsh.
Walsh says a sense of continuity with the past is frequently more crucial in barrier-breaking applications.
“No one cared that two men topped the ticket for decades. “For decades, no one cared that the two top candidates were white,” she says. But in these moments when there’s a first on the horizon, I believe it’s good to reassure people that maybe the world isn’t changing so rapidly, that there’s at least some type of ‘balance’ — again, in quotes — between genders and races
Many fans at Harris’ first major campaign rally Tuesday near Milwaukee expected her to choose a white running mate to broaden the ticket’s appeal.
Milwaukee interior designer Betsy Rowbottom, 53, wants black Sen. Cory Booker or homosexual Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg as her vice president, but she doesn’t think either will win.
I predict a straight white dude from a swing state. A balanced ticket. People will desire that, Rowbottom added.
Milwaukee’s 56-year-old registered nurse Colette Frederick anticipated Kamala Harris will choose Josh Shapiro, which would suit her. She suggests Harris pick a heterosexual white male.
“I just look at what America looks like,” remarked. This and that won’t please them. That’s my instinct. She must choose an appropriate person.”
Due to racism and sexism, both latent and overt, a “white statesman as a validator” can support a historic first, according to Higher Heights for America co-founder Kimberly Peeler-Allen. Obama chose Joe Biden as his 2008 running mate, she said.
“No matter the race of the voter — white or brown — there is something comforting or reassuring about what we have had over the last 250 years in the history of elected leaders in our country,” Peeler-Allen said.
She added that restricting the competition risks excluding talented candidates. We regret that, as it would eliminate many eligible people of color. I think an all-women ticket would be exciting and interesting, but we’ve never had a woman president, let alone vice president. It could throw some people off.
Many of Kamala Harris’ unofficial candidate lists include few nonwhite men. One of the potential running mates that many Republicans privately fear most is Josh Shapiro, who supports Israel unconditionally in the Gaza conflict. Pete Buttigieg, who ran for president in 2020 and is considered one of his party’s best communicators, may also be disqualified due to his homosexuality.
The Atlantic magazine calls this “Kamala Harris’s white boy summer,” highlighting Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, and Tim Walz of Minnesota as potential No. 2s.
Alex Castellanos, a Republican media expert and Purple Strategies co-founder, said Harris needed a different running mate to grow her following.
“If Kamala were to choose someone like her — another woman — the message she would send is that this campaign is all about that, and that’s too narrow,” added. “She’s running for president for all of America, not just for women.”
He said his campaign should not be “a DEI ad” (for “diversity, equity, and inclusion”) and that “a little toxic masculinity would help.”
“She’s defined by women’s and black issues, which is great, but is she more?” Castellanos asks. “How can she prove it? By adding a guy and a moderate centrist Democratic element like Mark Kelly or Josh Shapiro to extend her ticket’s appeal.
For a party that wishes to appeal to a wide spectrum of voters and reflect the nation, stating Kamala Harris should choose a white man may be pragmatic.
Jennifer Palmieri, Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign communications director, recalls Joe Biden’s commitment to choose a woman as his running mate and appoint a black woman to the Supreme Court around the same time.
“I think it would bother me more if Mr. Biden could have chosen a white man, too, but there’s a balance to be found these days,” Palmieri added. “I was pleasantly surprised that many Democratic Party politicians thought two women on the ticket would be powerful.”
In conclusion, “I see development in this area. Any guy or woman at the top of the ticket must be a woman or a man.”
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