Mike Pence is digging in his heels on a so-called joke about Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s decision to take “maternity” leave. “The only thing I can figure is Pete Buttigieg not only can’t do his job, but he can’t take a joke.”
is digging in his heels on a so-called joke about Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg he delivered during a black-tie dinner in Washington, D.C. last weekend.
“The Gridiron Dinner is a roast. I had a lot of jokes directed to me, and I directed a lot of jokes to Republicans and Democrats,” he insisted, according to the“The only thing I can figure is Pete Buttigieg not only can’t do his job, but he can’t take a joke.” Condemnation from the White House followed, with Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre demanding Pence apologize to women and the LGBTQ+ community for his “offensive and inappropriate” comments. Buttigieg’s husband, Chasten Buttigieg, took to Twitter on Monday to address Trump’s ex-No.
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