Tag: Pete Buttigieg

Pete Buttigieg sat down with Now This News for a lightning round of hard-hitting questions about a wide range of important issues, including his favorite curse word, whether hot dogs are sandwiches (spoiler: they’re not!), who would play him in a movie, his first job, his worst habit, his karaoke go-to song, and so much more. source

Presidential hopeful Mayor Pete Buttigieg got choked up during a campaign event this weekend, when asked by a second grader about keeping schools safe from shootings. Buttigieg, who served a tour in Afganistan, spoke about the dangers of allowing guns in the hands of criminals or the mentally ill, and expressed frustration over the lack of action on gun control following numerous, recent shooting massacres like those at Parkland High or the Pulse nightclub. He then got emotional talking about...

Fortune reported that Hinge received a 30 percent increase in gay men using the service since April 1, about the time Buttigieg's popularity began to soar. Other demographics have remained flat.Buttigieg, the openly gay mayor of South Bend, Indiana, came out in a 2015 op-ed for the South Bend Tribune. He met Chasten two months later on Hinge. The couple married last year.On the campaign trail, Buttigieg, 37, has repeatedly said that he came out because he wanted to begin dating.(Related: Pete...

Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren is taking her campaign to Pete Buttigieg’s backyard. The out young mayor of South Bend, Indiana has been running neck and neck with Warren in recent polling. MSNBC will host a townhall with Warren in Ft Wayne, Indiana next Wednesday after she campaigns in Elkhart – a half hour’s drive from Buttigieg’s hometown. Indiana, a red state with a late primary, normally doesn’t get much attention early in the campaign season, but Buttigieg’s candidacy has renewed interest...

The Democratic presidential candidates are responding to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s statement today that clarified his investigation into President Donald Trump’s campaign and contradicted what Attorney General William Barr released as a summary. While Barr got it right that Mueller found no evidence that the Trump campaign and Russian officials colluded to swing the election for Republicans, Mueller clarified that Trump wasn’t innocent of obstruction of justice. The problem, he said, was that he wasn’t allowed to indict a sitting...

In news both stupid and stupefying, a former Indiana politician has called on Pete Buttigieg to denounce fisting and rimming as part of his political platform. Really. The all-too-aptly named Don Boys, a former Indiana State Representative, published a wacko post on his blog Common Sense Today earlier this month, denouncing Buttigieg’s lifestyle of “perversion” and calling on the presidential candidate to disclose more about his sexual practices. “Pete and his lover chose to make their perversion a very public matter,”...

Out magazine's annual Pride issue.Out has issued three covers. Actress M.J. Rodriguez and Stonewall Inn activist Sylvia Rivera also front the magazine this month."The most visible gay candidate to run for president to date, his campaign raises crucial questions about what it means to be a pro-LGBTQ+ candidate," editors captioned a photo of Buttigieg's cover on Twitter.The openly gay mayor of South Bend, Indiana reiterated his support for the Equality Act, telling Outthat equality to him is a world where a...

A conservative radio host and Christian pastor complained that gay people have stolen the terms “husband” and “wife” from straight people, and straight people are now calling each other “partners” because they’re “weak.” Jesse Lee Peterson discussed South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on his show this past Tuesday, and he got into a rant about how gay people who are married refer to their spouses with words that people have been using for centuries. “Now they’re...

Pete Buttigieg truly has the power to bring people together. The dating app Hinge just announced that it’s seen a 30% uptick in new profiles created by gay men since April 1, roughly around the time the 2020 hopeful touted the app in a CNN interview. “We’re proud of all of the relationships we’ve helped set up—including Mayor Pete and Chasten!” Hinge founder and CEO Justin McLeod tells Fortune. “We’re happy to see that their love story has inspired even more members of...

During a live-streamed interview with Washington Post reporter Robert Costa earlier today, Pete Buttigieg was asked if he thought Donald Trump should have served in the Vietnam War. “Well, I have a pretty dim view of his decision to use his privileged status to fake a disability in order to avoid serving in Vietnam,” the former Naval intelligence officer replied. Trump, as you may recall, avoided the draft by receiving not one, not two, but five deferments. Four of them he received by attending...

During an interview with Washington Post contributor Jonathan Capehart before an audience at the 92nd Street Y in New York City this week, 2020 hopeful Pete Buttigieg was asked about remarks made by antigay activists Franklin Graham and Mike Pence about his sexual orientation. “Franklin Graham said that being gay is ‘something to be repentant of, not something to be flaunted, praised or politicized,’” Capehart said. “What would you say to the Franklin Grahams of the world, the Mike Pences of the world,...

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg gave an girl some advice for dealing with bullies. At a campaign stop in Iowa City, Buttigieg drew questions from a fishbowl and he pulled one from 11-year-old Rebecca Johann: “Do you have any advice about bullying?” He started by saying that it’s important to talk about it. “So I think you’re leading the way on that – thank you for raising the question,” he said. He went on to talk about his experiences. “I had experiences with bullying...

The collection includes t-shirts, tank tops, bags, stickers, a drawstring backpack, buttons, rally signs and temporary tattoos.The merchandise is adorned with the transgender pride flag or the colors of the rainbow flag. One design hails the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, the New York City riots credited with ushering the modern LGBT rights movement.The designs use an 8 color version of the rainbow flag that includes brown and black to show support for people of color.Slogans that appear on the merchandise...

Several Democratic presidential candidates have released Pride gear, so you can show your support for your favorite candidate at your local Pride festivities this month. South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg’s rainbow gear uses the version of the rainbow flag from Philadelphia that had black and brown stripes in addition to the more common six-color rainbow. A pride T-shirt in rainbow colors Pete for AmericaPride stickers in rainbow colors Pete for America He also has gear with the trans flag. A Pride T-shirt with...