{"id":898914,"date":"2021-10-19T17:44:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T21:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=898914"},"modified":"2021-10-19T17:44:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T21:44:44","slug":"buttigieg-defends-paternity-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-defends-paternity-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Buttigieg defends paternity leave"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">8<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbuttigieg-defends-paternity-leave%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=898914&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2554260\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2554260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, at a campaign event on Feb. 10, 2020, in Milford, N.H. (Matt Rourke\/AP Photo)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:59 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, October 19, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg recently went on the defense regarding his two month paternity leave. During an interview Monday with MSNBC, he said the leave was demanding work rather than a vacation.<\/p>\n<p>The former South Bend mayor and his husband, Chasten, adopted twins in mid-August, prompting Buttigieg to take his aforementioned leave. He first responded to criticisms leveled against him by conservative news host Tucker Carlson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, look, in his case, I guess he just doesn\u2019t understand the concept of bottles feeding, let alone the concept of paternity leave,\u201d Buttigieg stated on the defense. \u201cBut what\u2019s really strange is that, you know, this is from a side of the aisle that used to claim the mantle of being pro-family. What we have right now is an administration that\u2019s actually pro-family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The transportation secretary had high praise for his employer\u2019s generous benefits financed by taxpayer dollars. Buttigieg went a step further, however, while claiming the United States as a whole should mirror the paternity and maternity leave programs of other countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we, as a society I think, are starting to do a better job of recognizing that parenting is work, that caregiving is work and supporting it as such,\u201d he continued. \u201cWhich is, of course, why the President has proposed paid family leave for all Americans, something most Americans already believe that we ought to do. And something that most highly developed countries pretty much take for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg went over the Biden administration\u2019s intention to put paid family leave in the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package on Meet the Press with Chuck Todd. Todd, however, expressed doubts of paid family leave making it into the final bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s on the President\u2019s agenda, it\u2019s in the Build Back Better plan and I\u2019m proud to work for an administration that walks the walk on family values\u2026the American people want this too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Buttigieg neglected to comment on the national supply chain shortage that is under his jurisdiction. The U.S. is currently experiencing a shortage in truck drivers while many cargo ships are stranded outside of ports that are unable to handle the increasing volume of incoming goods.<\/p>\n<p>Factors such as these have been raising prices on a variety of products for the American consumer while Buttigieg was on leave.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/dozens-of-unvaccinated-wash-state-ferry-workers-set-to-be-fired\/\">Dozens Of Unvaccinated Wash. State Ferry Workers Set To Be Fired<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, at a campaign event on Feb. 10, 2020, in Milford, N.H. 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