Jon Stewart Calls Kamala Harris Passing On Pete Buttigieg As VP Over His Sexuality ‘Reverse Affirmative Action’

Comedian Jon Stewart expressed befuddlement on “The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart” on Thursday about former Vice President Kamala Harris writing that she chose to pass over former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg as her running mate due to his homosexuality.

Harris wrote in her new memoir, “107 Days,” that she decided not to select Buttigieg because it was “too big of a risk” for a black woman to run with a gay man. Stewart suggested on his podcast, which featured an interview with Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin, that her decision was “reverse affirmative action” and an example of Democrats not believing their own rhetoric.

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“The reason we’ve lost trust is because people don’t believe that we actually believe the shit we’re selling them, that we’re saying, we’re telling them what they want to hear,” Martin said before Stewart interrupted him.

“To my point in the book, when she says, ‘I didn’t go with Pete Buttigieg ’cause he’s gay and that’d be too far,’” Stewart said. “And you’re like, ‘Oh my God, it’s actually reverse affirmative action.’ It’s like, ‘What!?’”

Harris also appeared to blame President Donald Trump for her selection