Chasten Buttigieg, the husband of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, has responded after former Vice President Mike Pence mocked his husband’s paternity go away.
“An sincere query for you,” Chasten Buttigieg tweeted, tagging Pence, “after your tried joke this weekend. In case your grandchild was born prematurely and positioned on a ventilator at two months previous ― their tiny fingers wrapped round yours because the displays beep within the background ― the place would you be?
Pence drew backlash after he cracked jokes on Saturday evening on the Gridiron dinner for journalists in Washington, D.C., that Pete Buttigieg had taken “maternity go away” early within the Biden administration. Pointing to the flight and journey disruptions in current months, he added that Buttigieg “is the one particular person in human historical past to have a toddler and everybody else will get postpartum despair.”
Buttigieg and his husband welcomed twins Gus and Penelope in September 2021. The Cupboard official took parental go away on the time to be together with his newborns. The couple later revealed that the infants had overcome severe well being struggles after contracting a respiratory virus. Gus was positioned on a ventilator in a pediatric intensive care unit.
“I’ll go away this right here for it's best to you need to know extra in regards to the children you're so keen to make use of as a punchline,” Chasten Buttigieg added underneath his first tweet, sharing a hyperlink to his husband’s Medium article about Penelope’s and Gus’s medical struggles.
Pete Buttigieg has been fiercely criticized by some Republicans and right-wing figures like Tucker Carlson for taking the day off to be together with his infants as a nationwide provide chain disaster continued. Buttigieg defended his selection and stated he had been obtainable remotely 24/7 for main choices throughout the time.
The White Home press secretary slammed Pence on Monday for his remark.
“He ought to apologize to girls and LGBTQ+ individuals,” Karine Jean-Pierre stated.
Marc Quick, an aide to Pence and his former chief of employees, responded to the criticism on Twitter, accusing the Biden administration of “fake outrage” and “placating the woke police.”
Pence, an evangelical Christian, was governor of Indiana for 4 years of Buttigieg’s tenure as mayor of South Bend, Indiana. Pence is reportedly contemplating a run for president in 2024.
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