Buttigieg Shoots Social Conservatives, Describes Release at Vegas LGBTQ Gala

The Democratic presidential candidate, Pete Buttigieg, attacked social conservatives in Las Vegas on Saturday, describing the exclusion he suffered after his public statement as a gay man.

The mayor of South Bend, in Indiana, also spoke of the need to overcome divisions during a stop at the LGBTQ advocacy group gala. He said LGBTQ people, women, immigrants, people of color and people with disabilities and workers are going through a "crisis of belonging to this country".

"What all homosexuals have in common with all the excluded, regardless of their type, is to know what it is to see a wall between you and the rest of the world and ask yourself what does it look like on the other side, "said Buttigieg during his keynote address at the Caesar Palace Human Rights Campaign.

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Buttigieg, 37, a former naval intelligence officer, said that he was leaving the mayor and preparing to deploy to Afghanistan.

"I was aware of the fact that I could be killed in action at age 33, as an adult and elected, with no idea what it was like to be in love." , did he declare. "I knew I had to be who I am."

Buttigieg also targeted the rhetoric of social conservatives.

"We let the Conservatives monopolize the language of freedom," he said. "But we know that freedom is not just about being free, but about being free, not just not being regulated, but also living freely the life of your choice."

"We have allowed the conservatives to monopolize the language of freedom, but we know that freedom is not just about being liberated, but about being liberated – the right not to be regulated, but also the freedom to live. a life of your choice. "

– Pete Buttigieg, Democratic presidential candidate

The audience of about 750 people gave him two standing ovations. One of them occurred when her husband, Chasten, joined him on stage at the end of his speech.

The appearance of Saturday marks the second leg of the Buttigieg campaign in Nevada this year. The mayor gained popularity while he had held only one position in a city of 100,000 inhabitants.

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President Trump recently targeted his young political rival at a rally on Wednesday in Panama Beach, Florida. He first called it "Boot Edge Edge" and then compared it to Alfred E. Neuman, the cartoon mascot and cover of Mad magazine.

Buttigieg also mentioned an editorial he had written in which he had gone out gay while Vice President Mike Pence was Governor of Indiana. Pence, a convinced Christian, said that homosexuality was a choice and had publicly stated that the marriage was a man and a woman.

Associated Press contributed to this report.