An Iowa caucus-goer demanded to change her vote after she shockingly realised that Pete Buttigieg is gay

The voter had been a supporter of Sen. Amy Klobuchar before joining Buttigieg backers at the caucus site in Crestwood High School in Cresco, Iowa.

The voter then overheard some of the backers mention Buttigieg’s spouse, Chasten Buttigieg, whom he married in June 2018.

“Are you saying that he has the same-sex partner? Pete?” the voter said on a video of her electoral about-face that went viral Tuesday after it was posted on Twitter by filmmaker Annabel Park.

“Are you kidding?” she said.

“Yes,” replied Nikki van den Heever, who was wrangling votes for Buttigieg at the caucus. “He’s married to him.”

Caleb’s right, the exchange is epic. Upon finding out that Buttigieg is gay, the woman promptly responded “Then I don’t want anybody like that in the White House” and asked for her vote back.

When they began to discuss it, the woman told the Precinct Captain that Buttigieg should read the Bible. When the PC told the woman that he’s a Christian and does read the Bible, the woman asks “why does it say in the Bible that a man should marry a woman then?” Boom!

When the PC asked the woman to consider that it really shouldn’t matter if it’s a man, woman, gay or straight candidate if you believe in what they say, the woman responded “it all just went right down the toilet.”

Watch the video for more. Both parties in this discussion were very calm and respectful, which is not what I would have necessarily expected from the PC. So kudos to both.