Buttigieg: ‘Why not’ start a first family in White House?
(Lynne Sladky | AP file photo) Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., left, is introduced by his husband, Chasten Buttigieg, right, on May 20, 2019, during a fundraiser at the Wynwood Walls, in Miami.
Washington • Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg wants to start a family with his husband, Chasten, and says that could happen if he’s in the White House.
“I don’t see why not,” the South Bend, Ind., mayor says in a Father’s Day television interview that also marked his one-year wedding anniversary.
He tells CNN's "State of the Union" that "it wouldn't be the first time that children have arrived to a first couple, but obviously that's a conversation I had better have with Chasten before I go into it too much on television.
Buttigieg is seeking to become the first openly gay presidential nominee from a major political party.
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