Pete would fit in perfectly with Kam.
Try to imagine selling a Kamala/Butt-Gig presidential ticket, from a DEI/CRT/LGBTQ perspective, to a Pennsylvania coal miner & his family.
"Yeah, we know. Pete's a white male, so he looks like he's part of the oppressive patriarchy. But he's GAY!!! So that makes it okay!" That'll go over like a lead balloon ...