Warren blasts 'hateful and offensive' Limbaugh comments on Buttigieg

[BeckyDem]

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) defended fellow presidential contender Pete Buttigieg after conservative media personality Rush Limbaugh made comments about the former South Bend, Ind., mayor regarding his sexuality and his electability.

“These homophobic attacks against @PeteButtigieg are hateful and offensive. We will not tolerate this in the Democratic presidential race, and we will fight together against the hate and bigotry that Donald Trump promotes and rewards,” Warren tweeted.

The rebuke comes after Limbaugh, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Trump at last week's State of the Union address, suggested that Buttigieg, who is gay, would send an inappropriate message with his candidacy.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/483212-warren-blasts-hateful-and-offensive-limbaugh-comments-on-buttigieg

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. Stand together! We have a common enemy.

[rickford66]

2. The Mayor is gay not a pedophile like the one projecting.

[BeckyDem]

4. I agree, the irony is more than I can take sometimes.

[DENVERPOPS]

11. Amen to that MAH

Limpdick Limbaugh as I call him.........a case of Teenie Weenie Peenie Complex........

[Iliyah]

3. Good . . .

RWers do show their true colors. They hate gays, except the ones with "lots" of money. They hate POC except the ones with lots of money, all of which bows down to them . .

[brewens]

5. I said awhile back I suspected some right-wing money might go to Buttigieg. They would be

thinking that a whole new base of the base would come out of the hills and swamps to defeat him.

[Mike 03]

6. Good for her!

[packman]

7. Seems to me that Rushbo had some same sex thing

going on when he was a DJ personality why back when in Pittsburgh. Rumors were he was forced out his radio job because of it.

[Harker]

8. Looks like Limbaugh will go out

in a blaze of bigotry and hatred.

[BeckyDem]

9. Its hard to imagine any other way. That is who he is.

[Harker]

23. He probably won't have an Atwater moment.

Especially after having his villain status validated by Trumpsky with the PMOF bestowal.

[emmaverybo]

26. I remember that. Not a shred of honor in this hateful man.

[PatrickforO]

16. Yeah, for his sake I'm sorry for that.

This is the thing about hatred and bigotry - it hurts everyone, including the one generating it.

Last night, we watched the movie 'Best of Enemies.' It was an outstanding story about how a black activist woman and the then grand cyclops of the KKK sat on a charette panel in Raleigh back in 1971. The movie was about their interaction with one another, and about how they came to regard one another.

Wonderful movie! And, of course, I hope that we have an increasing number of people who look at what is going on now, and say, "I can no longer support this president or the Republican party. They are just wrong."

[Harker]

24. As am I.

I appreciate your having mentioned that film, also.

I'll try to get a look at it.

[CaptYossarian]

10. Good for Rush. It's time our candidates got unified. No more sniping now.

Unintended consequences are similar to karma sometimes.

Now let's get the voters unified for November.

[McKim]

12. Great Democratic Party Solidarity!

This is great Democratic Party solidarity!!!!! No more divide and conquer!!!! Don’t take the bait to tear down another candidate!

[ejbr]

13. Props to Liz n/t

[PatrickforO]

14. Yeah, the right wing is going to town with homophobia.

All kinds of name calling and disgusting remarks being leveled at him. Good for Warren!

[H2O Man]

15. Recommended.

Thank you Senator Warren!

[DallasNE]

17. And Trump Sends An Appropriate Message With His Candidacy?

Speaking of laughable.

[volstork]

18. Professor Warren,

classy as usual.

[Kerrycrat]

19. Appreciated

Thanks Elizabeth

[EveDibb]

20. I detest bullies

My nephew is gay when Trump won the election in 2016 he called me and I said get out of this country leave now.

He did he went to England and studied at Oxford. He's back now and in his first committed relationship.

My flight or fight response does not work correctly, and you do not want to say bad things about my family.

I would love for one of these bigoted homophobic a*holes to say something like that in my presence. They would regret it. I'm sorry to Michelle Obama but I can't do the let's go high thing.

I'm very proud of my party and our candidates.

[LuvNewcastle]

21. Pete Buttigieg is gaining ground with some Republicans

who don't like Trump. It was just a matter of time before Limbaugh went after him. We've already seen some of the preachers go after him. They dare to talk shit about Buttigieg while the pig they worship is probably the most immoral person who's held that office since the days when we had slaveholders as President. They don't really care about Pete's sexuality, but they know a lot of their base is put off by it and they want to make sure that there aren't any defections to our side. I knew the knives would come out after Buttigieg did so well in Iowa and NH. Kudos to Sen. Warren for calling out Limbaugh.

[Dietz]

22. Good for Warren!

[progressoid]

25. K/R

[Devil Child]

27. Sen. Warren displays leadership in her defense of Mayor Pete

I appreciate her rebuke of Limbaugh.