
Buttigieg on GOP opposition to codifying same-sex marriage: 'Our marriage deserves to be treated equally'
CNN
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg responded Sunday to Republican opposition to codifying same-sex marriage, criticizing House Republicans for opposing a bill to do just that hours after he was in a room with them talking about transportation policy.
Buttigieg, who is gay, also reacted to comments from Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, who told CNN earlier this week voting on a bill to codify same-sex marriage was "a stupid waste of time."
"If [Rubio's] got time to fight against Disney, I don't know why he wouldn't have time to help safeguard marriages like mine -- look, this is really, really important to a lot of people. It's certainly important to me," Buttigieg told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union."

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Nationwide outcry over the killing of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent spilled into the streets of cities across the US on Saturday, with protesters demanding the removal of federal immigration authorities from their communities and justice for the slain Renee Good.

Since early December the US Coast Guard and other military branches have boarded and taken control of five oil ships that had previously been sanctioned, all either accused of being in the process of transporting Venezuelan oil or on their way to take on oil that has been subject to US sanctions since President Donald Trump began a pressure campaign against the leadership of the country during his first term.










