Pete Buttigieg says Pence is advancing 'homophobic policies'

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Pete Buttigieg says Pence is advancing 'homophobic policies'
The Democratic presidential contender says he doesn't know what's in the vice president's "heart" but his policies are "hurting" people.
May 17, 2019, 1:40 PM EDT
By Josh Lederman


CHICAGO — Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg on Friday accused Vice President Mike Pence of advancing “homophobic policies,” saying that while he doesn’t know whether Pence is truly homophobic, his policies are “hurting other people” just the same.

“I don’t know what’s in his heart,” Buttigieg told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt in an interview airing Friday. But, he added, “if you’re in public office and you advance homophobic policies, on some level it doesn’t matter whether you do that out of political calculation or whether you do it out of sincere belief.”

“The problem is, it’s hurting other people,” said Buttigieg, the South Bend, Indiana, mayor.

Buttigieg’s comments may add further fuel to an emotional dispute that’s played out between him and Pence, the former Indiana governor, over LGBT issues. Buttigieg, who is openly gay and married to a man, has invoked Pence’s name on the campaign trail to say that if Pence has a problem with his sexuality, his problem “is with my creator.” That led Pence to accuse Buttigieg of leveling “attacks on my Christian faith.”

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[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. K & R

[musicman65]

2. Lock him up

[radical noodle]

3. I lived in Indiana

Buttigieg is exactly right. Pence had extreme policies against LBGT folks (also extreme anti-abortion views).

[RKP5637]

4. Pence, is a twisted screwball! n/t

[walkingman]

5. Pence is a religious nut.

[Funtatlaguy]

8. Google Christian Dominionists. It's like a Taliban.

[walkingman]

13. Thank You, I just read a very informative article on them. I had never heard much

about them, just thought they were extreme religious nutjobs. INteresting that Ted Cruz (one of my Senators) and family were involved years ago.

Dominionism Rising: A Theocratic Movement Hiding in Plain Sight

[Funtatlaguy]

14. Yep, they are a scary bunch.

[Sneederbunk]

6. Pence is a faux Christian.

[Onyrleft]

7. If Buttigieg is the VP on the ticket,

he'll be on a debate stage with Pence.
That could be fun.

[Funtatlaguy]

9. Greatest ratings ever

[RVN VET71]

10. Mayor Pete says

"The problem is he [Pence] is hurting people." That's not a problem for Pence. That's his purpose. It's what Republicans do.

[JudyM]

15. Yes, a verse for verse battle.

[Kurt V.]

11. K&R no shit

[Otto Lidenbrock]

12. Pence needs more scrutiny

This man has conducted his Vice Presidency in the background for the most part but that's what makes him dangerous. Because unlike Trump who windmills from one thing to another --- equally moronically --- Pence has clear stances and focuses on those. In recent times he's been talking foreign policy but the 2017-18 rollback of LGBT rights lies at Pence's door. He's been on that crusade for his entire political life.