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Pete Buttigieg should be the Democratic VP candidate in 2024

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Pete Buttigieg is a former Rust Belt Mayor, a polyglot, and a Navy veteran, writes Julian Zelizer .

He has the highest name recognition and favorability of anyone on Vice President Harris ’s shortlist.

Zelizer: He has a once-in-a-generation shot at choosing an expert communicator and campaigner who can litigate her case quickly.

Kal Penn : Pete Buttigieg has a real chance to work with a future President Harris to course-correct an archaic, disastrous foreign policy.

Penn : He's better positioned than any other VP hopeful to rebuild our damaged credibility, given what he does so well as a statesman.

He could join progressives and denounce Hamas and Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu ’s tactics, he says.