“Are you saying that he has the same-sex partner? Are you kidding?” the voter asks, before adding, “I don’t want anybody like that in the White House.”
A caucus precinct captain for Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg remained calm and astute after being confronted with a disgruntled Iowan voter who learned she’d just supported an openly gay man.
“He’d better read the Bible,” the voter proclaims, noting that her support for the candidate “all just went down the toilet.” Story continuesNeither van den Heever nor Buttigieg campaign representatives responded to HuffPost’s request for comment on the video, which has appeared in The Advocate and Business Insider, as well as on CNBC, among other outlets.
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