Pete Buttigieg Calls Out Mike Pence on ‘Colbert’: Being Gay Is Not a ‘Choice’

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The openly gay 2020 candidate told Stephen Colbert that he wished the vice president ‘respected’ his marriage.

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Published Feb. 15 2019 1:07AM EST

Vice President Mike Pence was the governor of Indiana in 2015 when Pete Buttigieg decided to come out as gay during his re-election bid for mayor of South Bend in that state.

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Pete Buttigieg Calls Out Mike Pence on ‘Colbert’: Being Gay Is Not a ‘Choice’

The openly gay 2020 candidate told Stephen Colbert that he wished the vice president ‘respected’ his marriage.

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