The New Republic removes ‘inappropriate and invasive’ Pete Buttigieg op-ed written by openly gay man who made salacious speculations about ‘Mary Pete’ as a 15-year-old teen interested in a 50-year-old man
- The left-leaning outlet published an opinion piece by Dale Peck on Friday
- Peck repeatedly called the Democratic candidate ‘Mary Pete’ in a perplexing and homophobic op-ed called ‘My Mayor Pete Problem’
- In an excerpt shared to Twitter, Peck writes that Buttigieg’s sexuality is the only thing distinguishing him from the other white-male candidates in the election
- He even goes as far as to assume the sexual position Buttigieg takes in his relationship
- Author received a Lambda Literary Award for his 2009 novel ‘Sprout’
- The New Republic released a statement saying that the op-ed had been removed and contained ‘inappropriate and invasive content’
The New Republic removed an ‘inappropriate and invasive’ op-ed written by an openly gay author about presidential nominee Pete Buttigieg that repeatedly referred to him as ‘Mary Pete.’
The left-leaning outlet published an opinion piece by Dale Peck that was filled with petty-antics and offensive jabs directed at the presidential hopeful.
Peck, who received a Lambda Literary Award for his 2009 novel ‘Sprout,’ repeatedly called the politician ‘Mary Pete’ in the perplexing and homophobic op-ed called ‘My Mayor Pete Problem.’
The news outlet – which is said to be left-leaning and claims to ‘champion progressive ideas’ – published an opinion piece by Dale Peck that was filled with petty-antics and offensive jabs directed at Pete Buttigieg
In an excerpt shared to Twitter, Peck writes that Buttigieg’s sexuality is the only thing distinguishing him from the other white-male candidates in the election.
Peck repeatedly called the politician ‘Mary Pete’ in the perplexing and homophobic op-ed called ‘My Mayor Pete Problem’
He even goes as far as to assume the sexual position Buttigieg takes in his relationship.
Peck calls Buttigieg a ’15-year-old boy in Chicago’ who is trying to determine if he should go home with a 50-year-old man, as a means of making fun of how ‘new’ he feels the politician is in coming out of the closet.
The rest of the segment slams Buttigieg as being naive and still inexperienced in his sexuality, before concluding that the Indiana politician’s sexuality is all his focus.
‘I want a man whose mind is on his job, not what could have been – or what he thinks he can still get away with,’ Peck added.
The post was quickly condemned on social media and Brian Stelter – CNN’s chief media correspondent – reached out to TNR about the op-ed.
In an excerpt shared to Twitter, Peck writes that Buttigieg’s sexuality is the only thing distinguishing him from the other white-male candidates in the election
‘The New Republic recognizes that this post crossed a line, and while it was largely intended as satire, it was inappropriate and invasive,’ Chris Lehmann said in a comment to CNN
‘The New Republic recognizes that this post crossed a line, and while it was largely intended as satire, it was inappropriate and invasive,’ Chris Lehmann said in a comment to CNN.
TNR would then release their own statement sharing similar language that was provided to Stelter.
‘Dale Peck’s post “My Mayor Pete Problem” has been removed from the site, in response to criticism of the piece’s inappropriate and invasive content,’ the Editor’s Note states. ‘We regret its publication.’
The New Republic released a statement saying that the op-ed had been removed and contained ‘inappropriate and invasive content’