Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(NEW YORK) For Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, fatherhood and politics are not mutually exclusive.
Since Buttigieg and his husband Chasten adopted newborn twins in 2021, the Democrat and his family have been repeatedly criticized and mocked by Republicans, including former Vice President Mike Pence. Most recently, Pence made what the White House described as a "homophobic joke" about Buttigieg taking parental leave.
"When Pete s two children were born, he took two months maternity leave whereupon thousands of travelers were stranded in airports, the air traffic system shut down, and airplanes nearly collided on our runways," Pence reportedly said at the annual Gridiron Dinner for journalists and politicians in Washington, D.C., on March 11. "Pete is the only person in human history to have a child and everyone else gets postpartum depression."
Pence, who is considering a 2024 presidential run, has since ref
(NEW YORK) For Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, fatherhood and politics are not mutually exclusive. Since Buttigieg and his husband Chasten adopte
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(NEW YORK) For Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, fatherhood and politics are not mutually exclusive.
Since Buttigieg and his husband Chasten adopted newborn twins in 2021, the Democrat and his family have been repeatedly criticized and mocked by Republicans, including former Vice President Mike Pence. Most recently, Pence made what the White House described as a "homophobic joke" about Buttigieg taking parental leave.
"When Pete s two children were born, he took two months maternity leave whereupon thousands of travelers were stranded in airports, the air traffic system shut down, and airplanes nearly collided on our runways," Pence reportedly said at the annual Gridiron Dinner for journalists and politicians in Washington, D.C., on March 11. "Pete is the only person in human history to have a child and everyone else gets postpartum depression."
Pence, who is considering a 2024 presidential run, has since ref
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(NEW YORK) For Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, fatherhood and politics are not mutually exclusive.
Since Buttigieg and his husband Chasten adopted newborn twins in 2021, the Democrat and his family have been repeatedly criticized and mocked by Republicans, including former Vice President Mike Pence. Most recently, Pence made what the White House described as a "homophobic joke" about Buttigieg taking parental leave.
"When Pete s two children were born, he took two months maternity leave whereupon thousands of travelers were stranded in airports, the air traffic system shut down, and airplanes nearly collided on our runways," Pence reportedly said at the annual Gridiron Dinner for journalists and politicians in Washington, D.C., on March 11. "Pete is the only person in human history to have a child and everyone else gets postpartum depression."
Pence, who is considering a 2024 presidential run, has since ref