Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg hit back at Rush Limbaugh after the conservative talk show host commented on the 2020 Democrat’s sexuality.
Buttigieg, who is openly gay, responded to Limbaugh’s claim that the 2020 Democrat’s sexuality could be a weakness in the general election during an appearance on CNN on Sunday morning.
“I love my husband. I’m faithful to my husband. On stage, we usually just go for a hug, but I love him very much,” Buttigieg said. “And I’m not going to take lectures on family values from the likes of Rush Limbaugh.”
Limbaugh said that Buttigieg would be less appealing to some voters as a gay man standing beside “Mr. Man Donald Trump” on a debate stage.
“They’re looking at Mayor Pete, 37-year-old gay guy, mayor of South Bend, loves to kiss his husband on the debate stage,” the radio host said. “They’re saying, OK, how’s this going to look, 37-year-old gay guy kissing his husband on stage next to ‘Mr. Man’ Donald Trump? What’s going to happen there?
“They got to be looking at that, and they’ve got to be saying, that despite all the great progress and despite all the great wokeness, and despite all the great ground that’s been covered, America’s still not ready to elect a gay guy kissing his husband on the debate stage president,” he added.
Limbaugh announced on is show on Feb. 3 that he had been diagnosed with advanced stage lung cancer. The next day, Trump awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom during his annual State of the Union address to Congress.
