Buttigieg Says Voters Can ‘Look Past’ His Sexuality Amid VP Speculation

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has a long list of potential VP picks, and Pete Buttigieg is reportedly one of them. The Secretary of Transportation stopped by TMZ on Wednesday, where the hosts repeatedly tried to get him to confirm or deny that he wanted the job.

Although Buttigieg declined to give an answer on that front, he did respond to host Harvey Levin’s question about his potential status as the first openly gay running mate. Levin asked him, “I’m wondering how you would evaluate the significance of something like that.”

“I’m not saying it’s not a thing, but I’m saying it’s been extraordinary how people look past that,” Buttigieg explained. “When I came out, I was in the middle of reelection in my home town in Mike Pence’s Indiana, and I wound up getting a higher proportion of the vote than the first time, because the city I was mayor of thought I did a good job.”

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