Pete Buttigieg Offers Classiest Response To GOP Official Who Called Him A 'Weak Little Girl'

\u201cIn response to a homophobic tweet by @MIGOP @CoChairMeshawn calling Pete Buttigieg a \u201cweak little girl,\u201d the Transportation Secretary responds:\n\n\u201cI\u2019m raising a little girl and little boy, and I\u2019m going to raise them with better values than the chairwoman.\u201d\u201d

— Ross Jones (@Ross Jones) 1663199923

\u201cWhile the co-Chair of the Republican party is hurling homophobic and anti-woman slurs, @PeteButtigieg responds thoughtfully and respectably. \n\nThis is a microcosm of the differences between today's Republican and Democratic parties.\n\nDemocrats are trying to build a better future.\u201d

— Jeff Irwin (@Jeff Irwin) 1663263011

\u201cWith Republicans, outright homophobia isn\u2019t a bug, it\u2019s a feature. The GOP stopped identifying as the party of family values when it embraced Trump\u2019s bigotry. @CoChairMeshawn feels comfortable calling a war veteran a gay slur because her party rewards discrimination. #VoteBlue\u201d

— Greg Buster (@Greg Buster) 1663268327

\u201cPete Buttigieg, a decorated combat veteran and proven public servant, is gay. So that means homophobic Republicans toss around schoolyard insults, because that is who, and what, they are.\u201d

— South Dakota Standard (@South Dakota Standard) 1663248397

\u201cMuch credit here to @PeteButtigieg @SecretaryPete for refusing to engage in dehumanizing, politically traumatizing rhetoric.\u201d

— Listen. Lead. Unite. (@Listen. Lead. Unite.) 1663211646

\u201cTaking on Pete with any nonsensical slur is an invite to a polite humiliation.\u201d

— Jillian Holmes says Mean People Suck (@Jillian Holmes says Mean People Suck) 1663214254

\u201cI swear Pete Buttigieg is the epitome of class.\u201d

— Mrs Z \u270c\ud83c\udffb\u2764\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Mrs Z \u270c\ud83c\udffb\u2764\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1663228673

\u201c#Republicans are incapable of debating an issue or policy. They need to resort to name calling, or in this case, homophobic tweets.\n\n#RepublicansAreDestroyingAmerica\n#VoteBlue2022 #DemVoice1 #BlueVoices\u201d

— ElisaResists \ud83c\udf0a\ud83d\udcaa (@ElisaResists \ud83c\udf0a\ud83d\udcaa) 1663244978

\u201cSecretary Buttigieg responding with grace to the bigotry and homophobia of the Michigan Republicans. Meanwhile, the behavior of the Republican Co-chair has shamed our state.\n\nI don\u2019t think I could have been so diplomatic.\n\nPut bigots in their place. Vote Democratic in November.\u201d

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