Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said he wouldn’t have run for president if he didn’t believe the country was ready for a gay president. “My experience in South Bend, Indiana, in getting reelected with 80% of the vote after coming out,” Buttigieg said on Meet the Press.
Pete Buttigieg says “of course” America is ready for a gay president. “I wouldn't have run for president in the first place if I didn't believe that,” he told Meet The Press host Kristen Welker in an interview aired Sunday.
Speaking on "Meet the Press ", Pete Buttigieg told host Kristen Welker that “of course” America was and is ready for a gay president. In fact, he would never have run had he not believed such a claim. NEW: Democrat Pete Buttigieg says America is ready for a gay president. pic.twitter.
