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WASHINGTON U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg defended paid family leave on Sunday, after Fox News host Tucker Carlson mocked the secretary for taking paternity leave to care for his twin newborns.
"When somebody welcomes a new child into their family, and goes on leave to take care of that child that's not a vacation, it's work, it's joyful, wonderful, fulfilling work, but it is work," said Buttigieg on "Meet the Press."
Politico reported last week the secretary had been on paid leave since mid-August to spend time with his husband, Chasten, and their twin babies, Penelope and Joseph.
On Thursday, Carlson said: Pete Buttigieg has been on leave from his job since August after adopting a child. Paternity leave, they call it, trying to figure out how to breastfeed. No word on how that went."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/transportation-chief-buttigieg-defends-family-leave-after-being-mocked-by-fox-news-anchor/ar-AAPDcfE
Lovie777
(11,992 posts)insecure and hateful.
Walleye
(30,729 posts)Fucking junior high insult artist makes millions running his mouth on TV
RKP5637
(67,032 posts)radicalleft
(478 posts)The optics of taking that much paid time off as a public servant when literally millions of new parents are not afforded the same basic right is thought provoking. I may be wrong, but doesn't President Biden's infrastructure plan guarantee a benefit such as this?