Mike Pence

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is among those who are calling on Pence to apologize for his comments.

“The former vice president’s homophobic joke about Secretary Buttigieg was offensive and inappropriate, all the more so because he treated women suffering from postpartum depression as a punchline,” Jean-Pierre told reporters at a briefing. “An honest question for you, @Mike_Pence, after your attempted joke this weekend,” he wrote. [a Medium post](https://buttigieg.medium.com/one-year-in-parenting-has-taught-us-about-vulnerability-and-gratitude-170f6e94cbad) that the twins were born prematurely and had to spend two weeks in the hospital before they could go home. “Parenting is lots of things, and one of those things is terror. “If your grandchild was born prematurely and placed on a ventilator at two months old - their tiny fingers wrapped around yours as the monitors beep in the background - where would you be?” [Pete Buttigieg](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/shannonkeating/pete-buttigieg-marriage-equality-lgbtq-gay-rights) for taking “maternity leave” after he and his husband [adopted newborns in September 2021](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/04/pete-buttigieg-husband-chasten-adopted-twins).

When MIKE PENCE mocked PETE BUTTIGIEG at Saturday's Gridiron dinner for taking a “maternity leave” after the birth of his twins and giving “everyone else” “ ...

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The White House on Monday called on Mike Pence to apologize for his remark that Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg had gone on "maternity leave," ...

After announcing he would take two months paternity leave to be with his newborn son and daughter, Buttigieg received an onslaught of “I mean, Pete Buttigieg is the only person in human history to have a child and all the rest of us get postpartum depression.” “The former vice president’s homophobic joke about Secretary Buttigieg was offensive and inappropriate, all the more so because he treated women suffering from postpartum depression as a punchline,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.

In a speech at the annual Gridiron Club dinner in Washington on Saturday, Pence said Buttigieg, who is the first openly gay Cabinet secretary in U.S. history, ...

"The hypocrisy is especially rich considering their own Secretary of State Antony Blinken joked that he yearned for 'the old days' when 'Jews did all the work,'" Short said. "The former vice president's homophobic joke about Secretary Buttigieg was offensive and inappropriate, all the more so because he treated women suffering from postpartum depression as a punchline," she said in a statement. "An honest question for you, [Mike Pence], after your attempted joke this weekend," he wrote.

The former vice president has some brand new criticisms of Trump's conduct on January 6. They all ring hollow.

(He may not even have the support of all his blood relations; his congressman brother Greg rather famously [voted against impeaching Trump](https://pence.house.gov/media/press-releases/greg-pence-votes-no-impeachment) for inciting the riot and, indeed, [voted against certifying](https://www.therepublic.com/2021/01/08/rep-greg-pence-votes-to-object-to-pennsylvania-electoral-college-results/) the 2020 election mere hours after rioters nearly lynched his brother.) If Pence had hoped to use his proximity to Trump as a springboard, that was a foolish bet. For the last two years, Pence has had a number of opportunities to play a direct and material role in holding Trump to accounts. Pence was never able to translate his time in the Trump administration into a broader political appeal. After his brief stints as the avatar of Trump’s hopes and, later, the object of his furious anger, Pence has returned to the periphery, supplanted by other Republicans of a newer vintage. His news-making comments at the Gridiron Dinner may very well be just fuel for his own political resurrection; a helping of buzz to allow him to reach escape velocity. As such, he knows that he can only go so far in his criticism of Donald Trump—after all, there’s no path to the nomination without winning over some significant share of the former president’s diehards. To that end, Pence has spent much of the last two years lying low, intermittently offering some manner of light rebuke of as he’s stumped around the country selling either his would-be candidacy or copies of his dull tome So Help Me God. If the spectral spirit of “history” truly possessed the awesome power to hold mere mortals accountable, then it would surely hold Mike Pence accountable for his actions as well—or at the very least call the former vice president out for failing to act in a similar vein. When they marched through the halls of the Capitol chanting [“Hang Mike Pence,”](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/28/jan-6-hearing-trump-thought-pence-deserved-chants-to-hang-him-aide-says.html) they meant it. [said](https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1634767409448878080) of the riot at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. When Trump reportedly said that Pence [deserved those chants](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/28/jan-6-hearing-trump-thought-pence-deserved-chants-to-hang-him-aide-says.html), he meant it, too.

The "Late Show" host imagined the former vice president's mockery of Donald Trump at the Gridiron Dinner.

“Hello it is I, the Godless president - I would like to order another cheesed burger please,” he cracked, noting as well how despite his anti-Trump comments, Pence is fighting a Justice Department subpoena to testify about Trump’s role in the Jan. [Mike Pence](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/mike-pence) [rebuked and ridiculed](https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-pence-openly-mocked-former-boss-donald-trump-white-tie-2023-3) former President [Donald Trump](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump) during [the annual Gridiron Dinner](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-pence-trump-jan-6_n_640d4f95e4b0d492c5686424) at the weekend. “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert on Monday imagined how Pence’s impressions of his former boss went down.

Mike Pence finally expressed his outrage toward Trump, but he should have presented the facts to Congress to help penalize the former president.

When the executive branch asked, Pence was suddenly a member of the legislative branch. And we’ll stand on that principle and we’ll take that case as far as it needs to go, if need be to the Supreme Court of the United States, because to me, it’s — it’s an issue of the separation of powers.” “And so, I believe that that Speech and Debate Clause of the Constitution actually prohibits the executive branch from compelling me to appear in a court, as the Constitution says, or in any other place. 6 committee before it — would have been happy to rescind the subpoenas in exchange for his voluntary testimony. Trump put his exceedingly loyal vice president in a horrible position: Be faithful to the president and his base or be loyal to the Constitution and the country. “On the day of Jan. “I believe it will establish a terrible precedent for the Congress to summon a vice president of the United States to speak about deliberations that took place at the White House,” He says “history will hold Donald Trump accountable” for the events of Jan. It seems hard to believe he was waiting for new facts to emerge since he was in possession of many of those facts. 6 was shocking to a lot of people because he spent four years being a loyal cheerleader for Trump, through the president’s countless scandals. 6,” Pence declared at the Gridiron Dinner, a normally jovial event for prominent journalists. 6 was the least Pence could do.

Samedi dernier, lors d'un événement mondain à Washington, l'ancien vice-président de Donald Trump s'en est pris à la vie familiale du secrétaire d'Etat aux ...

L'échange entre la présidence et Mike Pence doit aussi se lire à un niveau plus directement politique. Le communiqué de Karine Jean-Pierre, sa porte-parole, était sans ambages: "La blague homophobe de l'ancien vice-président envers le sécrétaire Buttigieg était insultante et déplacée, d'autant plus qu'il s'est servi de la dépression postpartum des femmes comme d'un bon mot. Il a fait référence à l'adoption en 2021 de deux bébés par Pete Buttigieg et son mari. L'une de ses porte-paroles a d'ailleurs demandé à Mike Pence de présenter ses excuses lundi. "J'ai une question sincère pour vous Mike Pence, après la blague que vous avez tentée ce week-end. Des plaisanteries considérées à la fois comme homophobes et sexistes par la Maison Blanche.

Here are four words I never thought I'd hear from my own lips: “Thank you, Mike Pence.” Yes, no matter what I think of his politics, a big thank you to Mike ...

[2024 presidential election](https://thehill.com/tag/2024-presidential-election/) [Donald Trump](https://thehill.com/people/donald-trump/) [Jan. [exclusively to Tucker Carlson](https://www.axios.com/2023/02/20/kevin-mccarthy-tucker-carlson-jan-6-riot-footage), most likely knowing that Carlson would cherry-pick clips of the tapes to buttress his argument that Jan. And it’s McCarthy who’s ultimately responsible for [sending a congressional delegation](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3890426-house-gop-organizing-trip-to-see-jailed-jan-6-defendants-led-by-marjorie-taylor-greene/) led by Rep. [visit to Mar-a-Lago on Jan. But House Republicans, led by Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), won’t let it go. Given the overwhelming evidence on Jan. The first test any candidate for any office in 2024 will face is simply this: Do you condemn the attack on the United States Capitol on Jan. And, in so doing, Pence, wittingly or unwittingly, set the bar for what will be the signature issue of the 2024 campaign. Yes, no matter what I think of his politics, a big thank you to Mike Pence for having the courage to tell the truth. At Saturday night’s Gridiron Dinner, Pence stunned the audience by suddenly shifting from a few humorous one-liners to a powerful jeremiad on Jan. [History will hold Donald Trump accountable for Jan. 6 — laying the blame squarely on his former boss.

Trump responded to Pence's statement that history would hold the former president accountable for the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021.

[has subpoenaed Pence](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/04/donald-trump-seeks-block-mike-pences-grand-jury-testimony/11401661002/) to testify about Jan. Attorneys for him and Trump are [seeking to quash the subpoena](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/14/pence-challenge-justice-subpoena/11253980002/), claiming that prosecutors are not entitled to details of private conversations between a president and a vice president. “Make no mistake about it: What happened that day was a disgrace," Pence said in his Gridiron speech. Capitol and put people in danger – including him and his family. But I also believe you wouldn’t have had ‘Jan. Responding to Pence's statements in the Gridiron speech, Trump told reporters en route to Iowa: “Had he sent the votes back to the legislatures, they wouldn’t have had a problem with Jan. 1, you would have had a different outcome. 6, so in many ways you can blame him for Jan. 6 coverage](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/08/joe-biden-blasts-tucker-carlson-gop-over-jan-6-fox-news-coverage/11428612002/) [Pence says history will hold Trump 'accountable' for Jan. And I know that history will hold Donald Trump accountable.” 6, 2021 – because he refused a possibly illegal demand that he overturn Trump's loss in the 2020 election.

Mike Pence's comments about Pete Buttigieg stoked the flames of paternity leave in the U.S. – who takes it, who can take it and why it's necessary.

[Ronald Levant](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2023/01/25/tom-brady-fatherhood-masculinity/11068506002/), professor emeritus of psychology at The University of Akron, previously told USA TODAY. [support paid leave for mothers and fathers](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2017/03/23/americans-widely-support-paid-family-and-medical-leave-but-differ-over-specific-policies/), though gendered attitudes are also reflected in polling on public policy. is the only country in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that does not offer paid leave on a national basis, and "We’re overjoyed to share that we’ve become parents!" [Data shows 8% of same-sex male couples are raising children](https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/same-sex-parents-us/). "There is a big tension between how families are living and how they would like to live," Mason said. [tense personal history](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/04/09/pete-buttigiegs-long-and-complicated-relationship-mike-pence/3416963002/); both are from Indiana and clash on many partisan issues, including religious freedom and LGBTQ rights. "The process isn’t done yet and we’re thankful for the love, support, and respect for our privacy that has been offered to us. Another added: "You and Pete are incredible parents and Pete taking paternity leave is y’all’s business. If your grandchild was born prematurely and placed on a ventilator at two months old - their tiny fingers wrapped around yours as the monitors beep in the background - where would you be?" Pence mentioned that, despite travel problems that were plaguing Americans, Buttigieg – who is the first openly gay Cabinet member in U.S. Apart from the

When their twins were sick and needed their dads, Pete Buttigieg was there for them. Mike Pence made a joke about it.

“Is it that he stopped believing in Scripture when he started believing in Donald Trump?” [Buttigieg attacked Pence’s long history of opposition to LGBTQ+ equality](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/04/pete-buttigieg-said-marriage-man-moved-closer-god/) during the campaign as well, saying that his [Fox News host Tucker Carlson](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/tucker-carlson-snidely-claims-pete-buttigieg-took-paternity-leave-figure-breastfeed/), [Rep. “Speaking only for myself, I can tell you that if me being gay was a choice, it was a choice that was made far, far above my pay grade.” Pete Buttigieg was the mayor of South Bend, Indiana during Pence’s tenure as governor of the state. One of the children had a problem that would make her stop breathing and turn purple. [Chasten Buttigieg opened up about the health problems their children faced](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/08/pete-chasten-buttigiegs-children-almost-died-soon-born/) when they were born premature and were hospitalized for two weeks.

Rioters attacked the Capitol after the former president incited them with a furious speech in which he demanded that Pence and Congress block his election loss.

But even if the fringe reading of the law had that Trump’s team adopted had been right, they still would have had no option for Pence to reject states’ results on Jan. Trump’s entire legal plot, which was based on a bizarre reading of the Constitution and the Electoral Count Act of 1887, argued that Pence had the right to reject states’ election results, provided Congress went along with it and sent the results back to the states in question. “He had the right to send them back, otherwise they wouldn’t have changed the Voting Act,” Trump told reporters on the plane. Rioters attacked the Capitol after the former president incited them with a furious speech in which he demanded that Pence and Congress block his election loss. “Had he sent them back to Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, the states, I believe, number one, you would have had a different outcome. 6 Capitol riot—arguing that if Pence had just gone along with his plot to overturn their election loss, the pro-Trump mob would never have attacked the Capitol.

Former President Donald Trump on Monday tried to blame the violence he incited on Jan. 6 on former Vice President Mike Pence. Pence called out Trump's role ...

In the process, Pence is also shielding Trump from accountability," "Had he sent the votes back to the legislatures, they wouldn't have had a problem with Jan. "Had he sent them back to Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, the states, I believe, number one, you would have had a different outcome. "And he turns it around and blames everybody else. "I had no right to overturn the election. 6 on former Vice President Mike Pence.

Over the weekend, Mike Pence declared that his former boss had been “wrong” to demand he overturn the results of the 2020 election and that “history will ...

[insisted](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/13/trump-pence-iowa/): “Had [Pence] sent the votes back to the legislatures, they wouldn’t have had a problem with Jan. He can’t even bring himself to [say](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/mike-pence-donald-trump-2024) he wouldn’t vote for the guy in 2024, presumably because, [against all odds](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/11/donald-trump-mike-pence-hanged-jon-karl), he would! [2023 Oscar Winners](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/03/2023-oscars-winners-list?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-022723) Of course, Monday wasn’t the first time Trump had something completely absurd to say re: Pence‘s role in January 6. [Vanity Fair Oscar Party](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/03/how-to-watch-2023-vanity-fair-oscar-party?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-022723)Red Carpet For another, Pence has done everything in his power to ensure the ex-president evades any and all responsibility for the attack on the Capitol, first by [refusing](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/17/january-6-committee-mike-pence-no-right-testimony) to speak to the January 6 committee and later by trying his hardest to [dodge a subpoena](http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/02/mike-pence-january-6-grand-jury-subpoena-fight) from the special counsel criminally investigating Trump. And he’s a nice man, I’ve known him, I had a very good relationship until the end.” [declared](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/history-will-hold-donald-trump-accountable-pence-says) that his former boss had been “wrong” to demand he overturn the results of the 2020 election and that “history will hold Donald Trump accountable.” While this might have sounded like a serious rebuke of the ex-president, in reality, it was merely the latest in a long line of remarks from the former VP that still manage to effectively [let Trump off the hook](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/mike-pence-donald-trump-2024) for inciting a bloody insurrection that left multiple people dead. Had he sent them back to Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, the states, I believe, number one, you would have had a different outcome. And he’s trying very hard. Instead, he chose to respond to the former VP’s weekend comments by arguing that January 6 was actually Mike Pence‘s fault. But obviously, that’s not how the former guy rolls.