Democratic Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg had to deal with an unexpected distraction whilst on the campaign trail yesterday.
‘Mayor Pete’ was in Elkader, Iowa, for a town hall event. Whilst answering a question on healthcare from the audience, he noticed a bee land on his tie. And it didn’t want to budge.
“Well that’s an unexpected visitor,” he said before quipping, “I guess I’m just that sweet.”
"Well, that's an unexpected visitor," Pete Buttigieg jokes as a bee lands on his tie in Iowa and refuses to leave. "I guess I'm just that sweet."
Buttigieg ends up removing his tie so the bee could be brought outside. https://t.co/JsAo4rT8TM pic.twitter.com/61vMylcLrD
— ABC News (@ABC) September 23, 2019
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Whereas some people freak out around wasps and bees, Buttigieg remained calm but determined to remove the insect.
When gently flicking his tie didn’t work, he slowly worked to remove it and hand it to someone who could take the bee outside.
He explained the reason he was wary of leaving it on his tie was, “because I may be the only person you know who actually knows what bee venom tastes like. I bit into a sandwich once that kind of had a visitor like this and now I’m rather cautious around bees.”
The incident has already prompted online memes.
In honor of the newest member of #TeamPete ?@Lis_Smith @Rodericka17 @kyrsielaine#PeteForAmerica #WinTheEra pic.twitter.com/68YgXggaBK
— ? Imagine Pete 2020 ? (@HelloLynne4Ever) September 23, 2019
Buttigieg’s husband, Chasten, referenced the incident on Twitter with his own perfect response, simply saying: “Oh honey.”
Oh honey https://t.co/95eMgZShOb
— Chasten Buttigieg (@Chas10Buttigieg) September 23, 2019
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lather
Love me that guy and his husband.
I can see some other guy who seems to like to mock people with disabilities acting very differently. You wouldn’t know if he was mocking someone or shitting his pants.
Pete is simply smart and cool. Saving the world, one bee at a time.
cwaigy
Damn he is hot
Charlie in Charge
He’s got my vote.
Hussain-TheCanadian
It seems mayor pete is stepping away slowly from “Medicare for all” – he can act “woke” all he wants, but he is nothing more than a neoliberal, corporate bought, stands for nothing flake.
#VoteBernie
jasentylar
Not true. His stance has always been “Medicare for all who want it”.
Taiyoken
@jasentylar It IS true ‘Medicare for all who want it.’ is a weaselly way to step away from medicare for all. Listen to his rhetoric more closely and read his stances, he still wants corrupt corporate middlemen controlling healthcare for their own profit and leaving millions uninsured. Pete is just Biden except he’s gay and not losing his memory. I refuse to vote for another corrupt centrist, even if he is gay and hot.
Bernie wants actual ‘medicare for all’ as in for all Americans whether they can afford to buy in or not, without rapacious insurance companies screwing over the American people.
loveislove
I don’t understand why we have to imply he’s a horrible person just because we don’t agree with his policy… what’s so wrong with just saying “He seems like a nice guy, but I think his healthcare plan is totally wrong”
Maligning people who you disagree with is something Trump does…
JoshGL
Bee Best!
Rex Huskey
just thanking god he didn’t scream like prob 95% of the commenters on this site would have!
Doug
This guy has so much class and he strikes me as a genuinely nice guy. He’d be a great POTUS.
Condor221
Love him! He not only has my vote, but my money as well; have you donated his minimum of $3 yet?
Michael1500
I’m going to back Pete as long as he’s in the running—- and it’s not just because he’s gay. He has more common sense and knowledge than any of the other candidates. It’s true that it’s still too early for mainstream American to elect a gay candidate, hue we couldn’t have started with a better representative than he is.
Tombear
I like the fact Mayor Pete doesn’t have bone spurs!