MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An LGBTQ political group backing Pete Buttigieg for president accused an official with Mike Bloomberg’s campaign of homophobia on Friday and demanded an apology from the campaign for comments in an article that appeared to refer to Buttigieg’s sexuality.
The Bloomberg campaign official, North Carolina State Director James Mitchell, said he’d been trying to diffuse someone else’s “inappropriate” joke but acknowledged he should have been “stronger” in pushing back on the remarks.