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Rush Limbaugh draws bipartisan criticism for Pete Buttigieg remarks

The conservative talk show host says the nation is not ready for an openly gay president.

WASHINGTON — Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh is drawing bipartisan criticism for saying the country won't elect openly gay Democrat Pete Buttigieg because it's not ready for a president who "loves to kiss his husband on the debate stage." 

Limbaugh is a Trump ally and made the remarks Wednesday on his nationally syndicated radio show. 

Buttigieg has finished near the top in Democrats' first two presidential contests in Iowa and New Hampshire. 

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Rush Limbaugh reacts after first Lady Melania Trump presented him with the the Presidential Medal of Freedom as President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. Second lady Karen Pence is at left and Kathryn Limbaugh is partially hidden. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Pete Buttigieg is joined by his husband Chasten Glezman before he announced that he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination during a rally in South Bend, Ind., Sunday, April 14, 2019.

Fellow Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says Buttigieg has honor and courage. 

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham says he doesn't think a candidate's sexual orientation would hurt his or her chances.  

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