‘He has a different idea of what makes a man’: Pete Buttigieg slams ‘chest-pounding, loud-mouthed’ men to Ellen DeGeneres when she asks him to respond to Rush Limbaugh’s homophobic comments
- Pete Buttigieg has lashed out at Rush Limbaugh in an Ellen DeGeneres interview
- Limbaugh had said that Americans wouldn’t elect Buttigieg because of his displays of affection on stage towards his husband of five years Chasten Buttigieg questioned the staunch Trump ally’s idea of what makes a man
- The Democratic presidential candidate pointed out that he was serving in the US Navy Reserve in Afghanistan when President Trump was a reality TV star in 2014
- On Saturday Buttigieg condemned the comments as homophobic
Pete Buttigieg has lashed out at Rush Limbaugh’s homophobic comments by slamming ‘chest-pounding and loud-mouthed’ men to Ellen DeGeneres.
The Democratic presidential candidate responded to staunch Trump ally Limbaugh’s criticism of him kissing his same-sex partner on stage – days after calling his remarks homophobic.
Limbaugh said Americans wouldn’t elect the 38-year-old former South Bend mayor because of his displays of affection towards his husband of five years. Limbaugh also questioned how he would look beside ‘Mr. Man Donald Trump’.
When asked to respond to the remarks in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres airing on Friday, Buttigieg said being a ‘chest-pounding and the loud-mouthed guy at the end of the bar’ did not make you strong.
Pete Buttigieg shakes his head when Ellen DeGeneres brings up one of the comments made by Rush Limbaugh
The Democratic candidate’s husband Chasten can be seen laughing in the audience as Buttigieg jokingly refers to his ‘husband, Brad Pitt’
He pointed out that he was serving in the US Navy Reserve in Afghanistan when President Trump was a reality TV star in 2014.
‘You know, when I was packing my bags for Afghanistan, Donald Trump was working on Season 7 of ‘Celebrity Apprentice,’ he said, drawing applause from the audience.
‘I guess he just has a different idea of what makes a man than I do,’ he said of Limbaugh.
Buttigieg shakes his head when DeGeneres brings up one of the comments made by Limbaugh, 69.
‘OK, how’s this going to look? 37-year-old gay guy kissing his husband on stage, next to Mr. Man, Donald Trump,’ Limbaugh said on February 12 on his nationally syndicated radio show.
Limbaugh said that Americans wouldn’t elect Buttigieg because he kisses his same-sex partner on stage. He questioned what he would look like next to ‘Mr. Man Donald Trump’
Limbaugh (pictured with Melania Trump) drew bipartisan criticism for his comments, which Buttigieg slammed as homophobic
DeGeneres asked for a response to Limbaugh’s remarks in an interview airing on Friday
Buttigieg hit back: ‘I’m not going to take lectures on family values from the likes of Rush Limbaugh or anybody who supports Donald Trump, frankly.
‘And since when is strength about the chest-pounding and the loud-mouthed guy at the end of the bar?’ he added.
He goes on to joke: ‘One of the strongest people I know is my husband, Brad Pitt’ as his partner Chasten laughs in the audience.
Buttigieg has finished in the top two in Democrats’ first two presidential contests in Iowa and New Hampshire.
This is the second time Buttigieg has addressed Limbaugh’s comments. On Saturday he slammed them for being ‘homophobic.’
‘I am in a faithful, loving, committed marriage,’ Buttigieg said in an interview with Fox News Sunday.
‘I am saddened for what the Republican Party has become if they embrace that kind of homophobic rhetoric.’
Limbaugh’s remarks were the latest tendentious turn in a career in which he’s won an adoring audience among millions of conservative listeners, but condemnation from others for comments considered racist, sexist and offensive.
Buttigieg pointed out that he was serving in Afghanistan while President Trump was filming reality TV show The Celebrity Apprentice