Pete Buttigieg says voters are ready for a gay vice president

Who the fuck cares if they're black white gay straight trans, just so the fucking job well. That's all anyone wants.

I actually really like buttigieg, but he's wrong. A woman of color AND a gay man? I wish we lived in that country but we don't live in that country.

Sure dude, but no offense, I'm hoping for the war veteran, swing state astronaut. Strategically he looks like the best choice IMO.

Honestly, I’d settle for a good one. Gay or not. Because a person’s sexuality and preferences are entirely irrelevant to one’s ability to be a fair and hard working representative.

I love Buttigieg, would definitely vote for him, but this would make me anxious. We already have black woman running and there are a lot of people in swing states that have a problem with just that.

I just want to be sure that the fascist criminal will lose.

They really are not. A gay candidate will guarantee a loss through the midwest and south. Generally all the religious votes.

You think PizzaGate was bad? Wait until you have a gay candidate.

I'm a member of the queer community and absolutely do not think this is a wise idea for this cycle. Maybe next time around Pete.

I've read this article twice and nowhere does he say the words "America is ready for a gay vice president." He says being gay has not been the detriment to his political career people assumed it would be. He's not going around telling reporters he thinks he should be VP. In the one quote that he is asked directly whether he would do it, he dodged the question.

#HarriButt2024!

I vote for policies not people. I don’t care if the candidate is a green-skinned genetically-enhanced three-year-old clone of a dead woman from Ohio, with a biotech computer in her brain. As long as she supports equal rights for all humans, I’m on board.

As someone who was unfortunate enough to have grown up in Indiana, I'd rather Buttigeg stay there and keep trying to drag that state into the 20th* century.

*Not a typo, that state is just that far behind.

Yeah, we are... but it ain't you.

I'd caution against Pete specifically. Given the meme-state of modern politics and sheer stupidity of the average voter, it'd be a terrible idea to run a gay man whose name looks like 'buttplug'.

...and I'm not making a joke right now - collectively we're 100% dumb enough to throw an election over that.

But, are they ready for a VP that has only been mayor of a small town and a cabinet member four years?

Read the room.

Such a disingenuous title. He never said voters were ready for a gay VP, his quotes were in response to a question if he thought voters were ready for a black woman. But I guess nobody reads the article and just throws in their 2 cents on what they think of Pete as a VP.

Pete doesn't actually get things done, and he's a PMC McKinsey dud... Nothing wrong with who he loves, he's just a real bummer as a politician.

Also there's a reason the VP shortlist are milquetoast white males... Grandma in Ohio might be able to vote for a woman of color, but these frightened bigots need a "safe" feeling backup plan in VP. Win the battle, take the win if Kamala can break that barrier. She wouldn't be my first choice generally, but she has the momentum and now seems like the time. I'm supporting her full speed

Until ~##,### voters don't decide an entire presidential election, no. No, they aren't...

McKinsey consultant

As long as he does not fuck couches.

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We absolutely are, but not as the VP to a non-white woman. The US has a long way to go.

Yep. Who the fuck cares about the right. They want the most morally represhisble person to be their king. Could give two shit what they think about it.

Edit: for all the nay sayer in this thread you are obviously oblivious to the type of pull Pete has. We need to double down on progress. Yes an aging astronaut might look good on paper but the most progressive ticket America has ever seen is also good.

Maybe, but hopefully we'd get someone better than Pete.

Sadly, not the US.

Sharice Davids?

That would be a fun ticket.

Sorry drunk me after my best friend's wedding

I love Pete. He actually is amazing at his job. Fuckin avoiding a logistics disaster AND getting the union what they want? Putting the screws on Boeing? Fuck that guy can WORK IT. FUCK BEN GARRISON. I think we gotta say fuck the optics- that's what makes us vote for centrists. And before Tankie's get in and call him a fascist, y'all can go fuck a couch.

Sure. Not him though.

I think we could be, but not that one

Last week, a million comments about how “I’m not racist or sexist but other people are, so Kamala can never win!!! She’d make a terrible candidate!!!!” Now the same thing with Pete. You don’t have to do the right’s work for them, you know. I get annoyance about centrism or concerns about policy but wow there is some wild defeatist homophobia here.