Pete Buttigieg's husband Chasten 株 photo of their premature child after Pence mocked Transportation 長官 for taking 'paternity leave': White House 需要・要求するs VP わびる for 'homophobic' joke at dinner

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The White House has 需要・要求するd an 陳謝 from former 副大統領 マイク Pence after he mocked Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg for going on 'maternity' leave.?

一方／合間, Chasten Buttigieg, Pete's husband, 株d a photo of Pete 持つ／拘留するing their premature baby.?

'An honest question for you, @Mike_Pence, after your 試みる／企てるd joke this 週末. If your grandchild was born 未熟に and placed on a ventilator at two months old - their tiny fingers wrapped around yours as the 監視するs beep in the background - where would you be?' Chasten wrote on Twitter along with the photo.

Buttigieg and his husband Chasten welcomed twins Joseph August (called Gus) and Penelope Rose in August 2021

Over the 週末, Pence said at the 年次の Gridiron dinner in Washington that Buttigieg, who is gay, went on 'maternity leave' while Americans 苦しむd from 航空機による 問題／発行するs in 2021. At the time, Buttigieg's adoptive twins had been born 未熟に and 苦しむd health 問題／発行するs.

Buttigieg and his husband Chasten welcomed twins Joseph August (called Gus) and Penelope Rose in August of 2021.????

Several 共和国の／共和党のs mocked the Transportation 長官 for taking at least three months of paid leave while 大統領 Joe Biden was trying to pass his 組織／基盤／下部構造 法案 on （ワシントンの）連邦議会議事堂 Hill. At the same time, U.S. 海上の ports were experiencing 厳しい gridlock 予定 to 供給（する） chain 問題／発行するs.

?'Pete is the only person in human history to have a child, and everyone else gets 地位，任命する-partum 不景気,' Pence quipped at the dinner.?

White House 圧力（をかける） 長官 Karine ジーンズ-Pierre slammed the 発言／述べる and 需要・要求するd an 陳謝.?

'The former 副／悪徳行為 大統領，／社長's homophobic joke about 長官 Buttigieg was 不快な／攻撃 and 不適切な, all the more so because he 扱う／治療するd women 苦しむing from postpartum 不景気 as a punchline,' she said in a 声明. 'He should わびる to women and LGBTQ people, who are する権利を与えるd to be 扱う／治療するd with dignity and 尊敬（する）・点.'?

The Gridiron dinner attracts hundreds of 新聞記者／雑誌記者s and 政治家，政治屋s each year and features skits and comedic 演説（する）／住所s from big-指名する guests. It also featured teasing from 民主党員s, 含むing Sec. of 明言する／公表する Antony Blinken and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy.?

Pence's former 長，指導者 of staff, Marc Short, scoffed at 批評 of the 発言／述べるs as 'faux 乱暴／暴力を加える.'?

'The hypocrisy is 特に rich considering their own 国務長官 Antony Blinken joked that he yearned for 'the old days' when 'Jews did all the work,'' Short said.?

'The White House would be wise to 焦点（を合わせる） いっそう少なく on placating the woke police and 焦点（を合わせる） more on bank 失敗s, 計画（する）s nearly 衝突する／食い違うing in 中央の-空気／公表する, train derailments, and the continued 供給（する） chain 危機.'?

Pence joked at the Gridiron Dinner that Transportation 長官 Pete Buttigieg took 'maternity leave'

Chasten, left, went to bat for his husband Pete Buttigieg after former 副大統領 マイク Pence joked that he went on 'maternity leave'?

Buttigieg is pictured with his twins in a photo 地位，任命するd Nov. 24, 2022?

Pence's wisecrack on the Transportation 長官 was 影を投げかけるd by his bold 批評 of former 大統領 Trump.?

'大統領 Trump was wrong,' Pence said. 'I had no 権利 to overturn the 選挙. And his 無謀な words 危うくするd my family and everyone at the （ワシントンの）連邦議会議事堂 that day, and I know history will 持つ／拘留する Donald Trump accountable.'

'History will 持つ／拘留する Donald Trump accountable for Jan. 6,' Pence told the （人が）群がる of his former boss.?

Pence also 非難するd those who have downplayed January 6 in an 明らかな jab at Fox News's Tucker Carlson, who has 得るd 古記録 安全 （映画の）フィート数 from （衆議院の）議長 Kevin McCarthy and 空気／公表するd nonviolent moments inside the （ワシントンの）連邦議会議事堂 during his show.?

'Make no mistake about it, what happened that day was a 不名誉,' Pence said. 'And it mocks decency to portray it any other way.'

Pence is believed to be 形態／調整ing up to jump into the race for the 大統領／総裁などの地位 in 2024.?

He also 申し込む／申し出d 賞賛する to the マスコミ for 報告（する）／憶測ing on January 6.

'We were able to stay at our 地位，任命する, in part, because you stayed at your 地位，任命する,' he told reporters who covered the insurrection.?'The American people know what happened that day because you never stopped 報告（する）／憶測ing.'

After schmoozing with Washington insiders and the マスコミ over the 週末, Pence will （選挙などの）運動をする in New Hampshire on Thursday and Iowa on Saturday.??