Trump supporters are pissed about Pete Buttigieg, say Richard Grennell is being erased from history

Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaking with supporters at a town hall at the Madison County Fairgrounds Jackson Building in Winterset, Iowa.
Photo: Gage Skidmore – Wikimedia Commons

Joe Biden tapped Pete Buttigieg to be his transportation secretary Tuesday. If confirmed, Mayor Pete will become the first openly gay person ever to serve as a member of the presidential Cabinet.

Within minutes of the announcement, Trump supporters were calling Buttigieg’s historic nomination #fakenews. They argued that Richard Grennell was actually the first openly gay person to serve as a member of the presidential Cabinet when he was appointed Acting Director of National Intelligence by Donald Trump earlier this year.

While Trump & Co. love making this claim, there’s always been a caveat that they’ve ignored. Because while Grenell was, indeed, appointed to Trump’s cabinet, he only served in an interim capacity for three months, and he never had a formal Senate hearing because Trump had him jettisoned…

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