The White House has asked former Vice President of the United States Mike Pence to apologize for what he considers a homophobic joke at the expense of Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg –known homosexual–, who said he took a “maternity leave ” while the rest suffered from “postpartum depression” due to her absence.
Last Saturday, at the annual dinner held by the Gridiron Club, the oldest and most characteristic journalistic organization in Washington, Pence affirmed that Buttigieg is the only person in the history of humanity who had a child and everyone else was. who suffered from postpartum depression.
Pence’s quip references the transportation strike he dealt with in September 2021 when he was governor of Indiana and Buttigieg mayor of South Bend. “When his two children were born, they took two months of maternity leave, while thousands of travelers were stranded at airports, the air traffic system shut down and planes nearly crashed,” he said.
The White House has reacted days later asking former President Donald Trump’s ‘number two’ for an apology for what it considers a “homophobic joke” that is also “offensive and inappropriate” because it also minimizes by treating the pictures as a “joke”. of postpartum depression suffered by many women.
“He should apologize to women and LGBTQ people, who have the right to be treated with dignity and respect,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
