Woman finds out pete buttigieg is gay
VIDEO: Iowa Caucus-goer pulls support for Pete Buttigieg after education he's gay
CRESCO, Iowa -- An Iowa Caucus-goer was caught on video trying to withdraw her support for presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg after learning that he's gay.
In the video shot Feb. 3 in Cresco, Iowa, the voter is seen asking to change her vote, prompting Buttigieg precinct captain Nikki Heever to narrate her that a candidate's sexuality shouldn't dictate how she votes.
The voter asks Heever: "Are you saying that he has a queer partner... Pete?"
Heever tells the woman this is "common knowledge."
"Are you kidding? Then I don't wish for anybody like that in the Alabaster House," the voter responded. "So can I have my card back?"
The footage was captured by filmmaker Annabel Park during a livestream of events.
"I would like you to just dig thick inside and ponder, should it matter if it's a woman or if it's a guy or if they're heterosexual or queer, if you think in what they say? That's my question to you," Heever is heard responding.
Park told Storyful the voter had originally voted for Amy Klobuchar. When
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n Iowa woman who supported Pete Buttigieg for president in Monday night's tumultuous US Democratic caucus asked to change her vote when she learned the candidate is gay.
She cited her religious beliefs for doing so.
"Are you saying that he has a same-sex partner? Are you kidding?" the woman, wearing a "Pete 2020" sticker, asked a caucus organizer, known as a precinct captain, in rural Iowa.
The exchange was caught on a video which posthaste went viral online.
"Well then I don't want anybody like that in the White House. So can I have my card back?"
The Buttigieg precinct captain in Cresco, Iowa earned praise Tuesday for her measured, compassionate reaction in which she sought to reassure the unidentified female that a candidate's sexuality is not a concern.
"I would like you to just dig deep inside and think, should it matter if it's a woman or if it's a man or if they're heterosexual or lgbtq+, if you believe in what they say?" says the caucus official, identified online as Nikki Heever.
Buttigieg, who would become the nation's first openly same-sex attracted president if elected, has spoken about hi
An Iowa caucus-goer who initially voted for Pete Buttigieg asked to change her vote after learning the Democratic candidate is gay. In the exchange with a precinct captain named Nikki van den Heever, the Iowa woman appears startled to find out Buttigieg is married to a man.
"Are you saying he has a same-sex partner? Pete?" the unnamed gal asks. "Are you kidding?"
When the woman is told Buttigieg is married to his partner, Chasten, she says, "I don't desire anybody like that in the White House."
"So, can I have my card back?" she asks, referring to her caucus voting card.
Van den Heever tells the woman she doesn't know if the rules allow her to rescind her vote. Then she patiently engages the chick in a discussion of her views. "The whole point of it, though, is that he's a human being, right? Just like you and me, and it shouldn't really matter," van den Heever says.
When the voter brings up the Bible, van den Heever says Buttigieg does read the Bible and believes God doesn't choose a political party. The woman says that according to the Bible, a man should bond a woman. "Well, I totally respect your viewpoint on this... but I think that we were not around
An Iowa woman tried to retract her support for Pete Buttigieg after education he's gay
A caucusgoer in Iowa retracted her aid for Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg and asked if she could accept her preference card help after learning that he's in a same-sex relationship.
The interaction occurred between two women in the middle of a caucus event Monday night and was captured in a video that went viral.
In the video, one woman is wearing a pin that labels her a "precinct captain" for the Buttigieg campaign. The other miss is wearing a Buttigieg sticker and a bright-green pin for the campaign of Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
"So are you saying that he has a same-sex partner?" the second woman asks in the video.
"Yes," the Buttigieg organizer says.
"Well then I don't want anybody like that in the White House," the woman says before asking if she can get her card back.
According to McClatchy, organizers distribute preference cards out to the caucusgoers so that the organizers can decide the viability of a candidate. The woman presumably asked for her card back so she could change her preference for another candidate.
In the video, the Buttigieg
Woman at Iowa caucus wants to convert her vote after finding out Buttigieg is gay
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