Barrack Obama Said Pete Buttigieg Was Too Short and Gay to Be President, According to New Book
Former President Barack Obama didn’t believe Pete Buttigieg could win the presidency because he was too short and gay, according to a new book about the 2020 election.
The book, “Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency,” by the Hill’s Amie Parnes and NBC’s Jonathan Allen, describes Obama’s comments during an October 2019 meeting with elite black donors in New York City.
During the meeting, Obama expressed confidence in Elizabeth Warren — but had some interesting thoughts on Buttigieg. In addition to calling him too short and gay, the former president also thought he looked too young.
The Hill reports:
“He’s thirty- eight,” Obama said, pausing for dramatic effect, “but he looks thirty.” The audience laughed.
