Former VP Pence shrugs off criticism he received from the White House and defends a joke he told about Sec. Buttigieg taking parental leave and about postpartum depression, saying Buttigieg “can’t take a joke.”
On Thursday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's husband said of Pence's comments, "We all have an obligation to hold people accountable for when they say something wrong, especially when it’s misogynistic, especially when it’s homophobic."
"The Gridiron Dinner is a roast and I had a lot of jokes directed to me. I directed a lot of jokes to Republicans and Democrats," Pence told reporters in Keene, New Hampshire, when asked about his previous remarks."The only thing I could figure is Pete Buttigieg not only can't do his job, but he can't take a joke."
Chasten Buttigieg spoke about how he and his husband had to spend time in the neonatal intensive care unit because their son was prematurely born.
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