Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slammed as “slanderous” Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg’s suggestion that Vice President Mike Pence is “homophobic.”

“This is a fundamentally decent man who, just as I described, shares the administration’s view with respect to how every human being should be treated,” Pompeo told talk radio host Hugh Hewitt Tuesday. “To say anything different from that is both false and frankly slanderous.”