Pete Buttigieg’s husband Chasten shares picture of couple kissing following Rush Limbaugh’s death
Chasten Buttigieg, the husband of US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, shared a picture of the couple kissing on Wednesday in an apparent reference to death of conservative shock jock Rush Limbaugh, who had made homophobic comments about the couple.
During the Democratic presidential primaries last year, Limbaugh had said of then-candidate Buttigieg: “Okay, how’s this going to look, 37-year-old gay guy kissing his husband onstage next to Mr. Man Donald Trump? What’s going to happen there?’”
He told his millions of loyal listeners: “They’ve got to be saying that despite all the great progress and despite all the great wokeness, and despite all the great ground that’s been covered, America’s still not ready to elect a gay guy kissing his husband on the debate stage president.”
Limbaugh had added that his friend and political bedfellow Donald Trump would "have fun" facing off against a candidate who "kissed his husband on the debate stage."
In a statement she said: “Rush’s love for our country, and for all of you, will live on eternally.”
He was best known as the host of the long-running talk radio programme The Rush Limbaugh Show.
He had been accused of voicing racist, sexist and homophobic views throughout his career.
A cigar fanatic, Limbaugh experienced a variety of medical problems over the years as well as an addiction to prescription painkillers that landed him in rehab in 2003.
He espoused an unflinchingly populist brand of conservatism, railing against left-wing causes from global warming to healthcare reform as he helped shape the Republican Party’s agenda in the media and mobilize its grass-roots supporters.
He promoted Trump’s false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen through widespread fraud and irregularities. After Democrat Joe Biden was inaugurated as Trump’s successor last month, Limbaugh told listeners the new president had not legitimately won.
Additional reporting by Reuters
