Pete Buttigieg says Donald Trump 'paying lip service' to LGBT rights
Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg fired back at President Donald Trumps recent comment about being "absolutely fine" with the mayor's gay marriage, sarcastically saying "thats nice" while pointing out the administrations poor record on LGBT citizens.
Buttigieg was on the campaign trail in Des Moines, Iowa, Friday evening at an event labeled as a book club discussion about "Shortest Way Home," which he released earlier this year.
But it was his comments on the Trump administration's record on LGBT rights that might spark the most interest.
"Even though theyre paying lip service to the idea of like the president was asked about my marriage, so he could have the opportunity to say hes fine with it," Buttigieg said. "Thats nice."
Trump was asked in a Fox News interview on Thursday about Buttigieg appearing on stage at campaign events with his husband, Chasten.
"I think it's absolutely fine, I do," Trump responded. "I think it's great. I think that's something that perhaps some people will have a problem with; I have no problem with it whatsoever."
Buttigieg attacked the current administration on its actions against gay and transgender Americans, though. He pointed to a story reported in The Daily Beast earlier this week exposing that the adopted children of LGBT parents are now considered being born out of wedlock, even if biologically related, and the U.S. citizenship of the parents no longer grants the child the same citizenship.
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