Buttigieg says he 'won't take lectures on family values' from Limbaugh

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Sunday responded to conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, who recently said on his show that Americans aren't ready for a gay president. Buttigieg, the first openly gay presidential candidate, said on CNN he would not take "lectures on family values from the likes of Rush Limbaugh."

Limbaugh, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom during President Trump's State of the Union address, said voters would be turned off by seeing a "37-year-old gay guy kissing his husband on stage next to 'Mr. Man' Donald Trump." Buttigieg said: "Well, I love my husband [Chasten]. I'm faithful to my husband. On stage we usually just go for a hug. But I love him very much, and I'm not going take lectures on family values from the likes of Rush Limbaugh."

CNN points out that a recent Gallup poll found that 78 percent of Americans would vote for a gay candidate if they were "well-qualified" to be president.

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