In a television interview, Buttigieg was asked to respond to the homophobic statements made by radio presenter Rush Limbaugh about Buttigieg's marriage. Trump, who said he would not mind if a gay man were to be president, allegedly told the told the radio presenter to stand his ground and never apologize for the comments.

In the interview, Buttigieg says that he does not believe Trump’s words about his attitude towards a gay candidate. “Not if he’s sending out his supporters to talk in this way”

Buttigieg further elaborated: “The idea of the likes of Rush Limbaugh or Donald Trump lecturing anybody on family values.”

“I mean,” he continued after the audience applauded, “I'm sorry but one thing about my marriage is it's never involved me having to send hush money to a porn star after cheating on my spouse, with him or her." "So, if they want to debate family values, let's debate family values, I'm ready.”

Buttigieg referred to the $ 130,000 that Trumps lawyer would have paid to porn star Stormy Daniels. She claimed to have had an affair with him, something Trump has always denied.

Pete Buttigieg is the first openly gay presidential candidate in the United States. He is a former mayor of the medium-sized town of South Bend. Read the profile that we wrote about him here.