Chasten Buttigieg, husband of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, criticized Rep. Lauren Bobert (R-Colorado) for her thankful Father’s Day tweet this week, noting that she once criticized his husband for taking a paternity leave for a child to be with his sick newborn.
“Our two month old son was on a ventilator at a children’s hospital when you attacked my husband for being with his family,” Chasten Buttigieg tweeted on Wednesday. “I watched him answer calls and Zoom from our hospital room all day, dealing with crisis after crisis while our son’s heart monitor beeped in the background.”
In November, Bobert launched a homophobic attack on the transport minister for taking a leave of absence to be with his newborn twins, saying he couldn’t handle a supply chain crisis because he was “still at home trying to figure out how to feed chest.” “.
On another occasion, she also boasted that she gave birth in her truck and that “no one has time” for parental leave.
But on this Father’s Day, Bobert tweeted that “the role of a father is absolutely fundamental to the family and society as a whole.”
“I want to express my gratitude to all dads across America!” she wrote.
Bobert was among a chorus of right-wing criticism of Buttigieg for taking paid leave to care for his children. The Conservatives claimed he was shirking his Cabinet duties, although Buttigieg said he was still “available 24/7 on issues that can’t wait, issues that can’t be delegated, and important decisions” at the time. such as the supply chain. problem.
During the summer, the Buttijigs gave birth to twins, Joseph August (Gus) and Penelope Rose. In early November, Chasten Buttigieg reported that “after 3 weeks in and out of hospitals, 125 miles in an ambulance and a terrible week on a ventilator, Gus is at home smiling and feeling great!”
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