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Mike Pence’s ex-chief of staff hit back at the White House on Monday after the Biden administration demanded the former vice president apologize for “homophobic” remarks made over the weekend about Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
While speaking at the black-tie Gridiron dinner on Saturday, Pence mocked Buttigieg for taking “two months’ maternity leave” after adopting twins with his husband in 2021. While Buttigieg was out of the office, the former vice president continued, “thousands of travelers were stranded in airports, the air traffic system shut down, and airplanes nearly collided on our runways.”
“Pete is the only person in human history to have a child and everyone else gets postpartum depression,” Pence joked.