Ted Cruz Calls Kamala Harris “Bigoted” for Not Picking Pete Buttigieg. Ted Cruz has slammed Kamala Harris as "bigoted" for a comment she made about her 2024 running mate selection. On his podcast, Cruz attacked Harris over not choosing Pete Buttigieg as her running mate. Harris wrote that Buttigieg, a gay married man, “would have been an ideal partner—if I were a straight white man… 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.” Cruz jumped on the quote, claiming Harris viewed Buttigieg’s gay identity as "disqualifying" and stating, “She says Pete would be an ideal partner... and the singular reason she did not is he is gay. If he were straight, she doesn't explicitly say it, but she pretty clearly suggests he would have been her pick.” #LGBTQNews #LGBTQIA #KamalaHarris #TedCruz #107days