White House rebukes Mike Pence over homophobic jokes about Pete Buttigieg

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Former vice-president took aim at transportation secretary for taking maternity leave and getting postpartum depression

“He should apologise to women and LGBTQ+ people,” said Joe Biden’s press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre.He and his husband, Chasten Buttigieg, have

. In October 2021, as the US faced supply chain problems and familiar issues with rail and air delays and safety, the two babies were hospitalised.to rightwing criticism and homophobic remarks from the Fox News host Tucker Carlson, calling criticism of his parenting and use of parental leave “strange”, from “a side of the aisle that used to claim the mantle of being pro-family”.

Pence, a congressman and governor of Indiana before becoming Donald Trump’s vice-president, is now considering a run for the Republican presidential nomination. He spoke on Saturday at the Gridiron dinner, a bipartisan Washington event featuring light-hearted speeches. Phil Murphy, the governor of New Jersey, spoke for Democrats and the secretary of state, Antony Blinken, spoke for the Biden administration.for saying Donald Trump “endangered my family” on January 6 and rejecting attempts by right-wingers including Carlson to downplay the attack on Congress.

“Pete is the only person in human history to have a child and everyone else gets postpartum depression.”

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