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Pete Buttigieg Challenges Mike Pence at LGBTQ Event

"I can tell you that if me being gay was a choice, it was a choice that was made far, far above my pay grade." Pete Buttigieg is the most prominent openly gay politician to seek the U.S. presidency. He got personal about his struggle towards self-acceptance.

04/08/2019 7:27 PMupdated: 06/11/2019 5:07 PM
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51 comments

  • Carolyn D.
    04/08/2019 19:34

    Insiring

  • Fredie H.
    04/08/2019 19:35

    Homosexuality is a choice by man not by God. God didn't force you to sleep with the same sex, you chose to do it. If there were no women, then there would be no choice.

  • Ivan C.
    04/08/2019 19:36

    Well your creator in this case your parents need a reset. Don’t blame god.

  • Pamela B.
    04/08/2019 19:37

    Speak up Spence. Would love to hear your response. Your decision to be a bigot is between you and your creator.

  • Mixi v.
    04/08/2019 19:48

    , , , , this made me cry

  • Harry R.
    04/08/2019 19:53

    Sick

  • Monique P.
    04/08/2019 19:53

    My next President!

  • Aleksandar S.
    04/08/2019 19:59

    Your "creator"?! wtf

  • Jean E.
    04/08/2019 20:00

    I love this man!!!!!

  • Juan P.
    04/08/2019 20:09

    To make a deal just need Vaseline. 😅

  • Suze A.
    04/08/2019 20:16

    A Rhodes scholar, magna cum laude at Harvard, a veteran from the navy, speaks 7 languages, successful mayor, published author, articulate, composed, calm, young and energetic.... he's a keeper.

  • Donna D.
    04/08/2019 20:17

    Be who you are! I think you are awsome!

  • Gilberto S.
    04/08/2019 20:19

    Anna I just love the way he speaks.

  • Omar F.
    04/08/2019 20:20

    doubt anybody in the U.S. care much if you're gay or a white supremacists they want what you offer them like jobs or economy the American way

  • Beth T.
    04/08/2019 20:22

    He is currently my favorite candidate. He's amazing! Brilliant kind, down to earth. He speaks 7 languages, is a Veteran and a truly good person.

  • Brut
    04/08/2019 20:26

    Mike Pence's stances on homosexuality have prompted other Democrats to make their own statements in response. One of them the first openly bisexual senator:

  • Chris J.
    04/08/2019 20:47

    A gay politician with the word butt in his name. 😆

  • Randy L.
    04/08/2019 20:58

    Tweak & Twist what ever you like.. I'm not buying your BS....

  • Aída M.
    04/08/2019 21:36

    I'm kind of rooting more for this guy

  • Alida R.
    04/08/2019 21:42

    I really like what he has to say on the issues.