Pence Defends His Anti-Gay Joke About Pete Buttigieg

The Associated Press reports:

Chasten Buttigieg was asked on ABC’s “The View” whether Pence contacted him after joking at a dinner for journalists and politicians that Pete Buttigieg took “maternity leave” after he and his husband adopted newborn twins. Chasten Buttigieg, who said he doesn’t expect to hear from Pence, called the remarks “part of a much bigger trend attacking families.”

Pence defended his comments Thursday night after speaking at a Republican Party dinner in New Hampshire. “The Gridiron Dinner is a roast. I had a lot of jokes directed to me, and I directed a lot of jokes to Republicans and Democrats,” he told reporters. “The only thing I can figure is Pete Buttigieg not only can’t do his job, but he can’t take a joke.”

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“The only thing I can figure is Pete Buttigieg not only can’t do his job, but he can’t take a joke,” @Mike_Pence said in Keene, N.H. https://t.co/EH0NioIlDO

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