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Saturday, September 21, 2019

Openly gay Buttigieg still must work to win over LGBT voters

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — As Democratic presidential hopefuls court support from voters by painting themselves as leaders on LGBT issues, one candidate would appear to have a distinct advantage: openly gay South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

But despite being part of their community, attendees at a GLAAD LGBTQ forum on Friday said that Buttigieg’s sexual orientation and potential to be the first openly gay presidential nominee does not guarantee support from LGBT voters.

“It’s not necessarily automatic that he’s necessarily going to be the right candidate for LGBT issues,” said Tucker Dangremond, a 24-year-old medical student at the University of Iowa.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

If his running mates’ name turns out to be Beavis, then he def gets my vote...or at least i want that tshirt

Anonymous said...

LBGT said he is too Gay even for them!