(USA Today) – Pete Buttigieg got a hero’s welcome as he took the stage Sunday at a fundraising brunch for a group that supports LGBTQ candidates. The improbable presidential campaign of the previously little-known, openly-gay mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has been generating significant buzz, positive headlines, and large crowds in important primary states like New Hampshire. He arrived at the LGBTQ Victory Fund

event fresh off an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press.” He was on the front page of that morning’s Washington Post. “In Buttigieg, gay Americans see a symbol of acceptance,” the headline read. But as he spoke to a packed hotel ballroom illuminated with lavender lights, Buttigieg shared something that he’s still uncomfortable admitting. READ MORE


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