Buttigieg: Republicans calling Kamala Harris a diversity hire is ‘bad look’

Asked if he would make a good VP, transportation secretary says not appropriate for me to wander down that path'

White House administrator Pete Buttigieg says it is a bad look" for Republicans to call Kamala Harris a diversity hire in their attempts to slow down the momentum that has greeted her ascent to the top of the Democratic ticket for November's presidential race.

On Saturday's episode of the New York Times podcast The Interview, the Democratic transportation secretary said you can tell" that is the case because of how even Republican US House speaker Mike Johnson has tried to distance himself from that line of attack against Harris.