Pence team responds to calls for apologies over Buttigieg paternity leave comments

FOrmer Vice President Mike PenceThe team of’s was a thumper Biden administration For “hypocrisy” After the White House Pence has been asked to apologise for his comments regarding the Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his paternity leave.

Pence: Buttigieg’s absence at work “maternity” You can leave, and everyone else will get “postpartum depression” During his absence from the annual Gridiron dinner of journalists in Washington, D.C.

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Although the White House considered his comments homophobic, and deemed them inappropriate, Pence’s spokespersons claim that the administration’s response was hypocritical.

“The Biden administration should spare America the faux outrage. The hypocrisy is especially rich considering their own Secretary of State Antony Blinken joked that he yearned for ‘the old days’ when ‘Jews did all the work,'” Marc Short, the spokesperson for the organization, said in a statement that the announcement was made to the Washington Examiner.

Buttigieg, his husband Chasten, announced in September 2021 that they had twins. Buttigieg had no choice but to take leave when the children were hospitalized with a respiratory infection. The United States was also dealing with a number of other issues at the time. National supply chain crisis, and President Joe Biden was working to pass the now-enacted Bipartisan Infrastructure Law — two areas that fell under Buttigieg’s umbrella.

“Pete is the only person in human history to have a child and everyone else gets postpartum depression,” Pence added, at the dinner: “thousands of travelers were stranded in airports, the air traffic system shut down, and airplanes nearly collided on our runways” While the secretary was away on leave.

Buttigieg stated that he worked daily from the hospital but Some conservatives were criticized The secretary was criticized for not doing more to resolve the crisis at hand. This also drew backlash by those who called the criticism homophobic. Hill.