The week-long back and forth between Vice President Pence and 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg over their past working relationship in Indiana and their differing views of religion in politics continued into Friday.
In separate interviews, Pence said as governor of Indiana he worked closely with Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., and considered him "a friend." Buttigieg said he's "not interested in feuding" with Pence and is just pointing out the vice president's discriminatory policies against the LGBTQ community.
Buttigieg, who has seen a meteoric rise in popularity, has mentioned Pence several times in speeches that have received a lot of attention. He accused Pence of abandoning his morals by supporting a "porn star presidency" and that he wished Pence and others on the religious right understood that their quarrel over his being gay "is with my creator."
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