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Pete Buttigieg's sexuality boosting 2020 bid, Barney Frank says: 'His being gay is an advantage washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/… via @washtimes
Former Rep. Barney Frank, the first openly gay man to serve in Congress, says that Beto O’Rourke “may be regretting he’s straight,” given how well Pete Buttigieg is performing in the Democratic presidential primary polls.
Mr. Frank, the Massachusetts Democrat who retired in 2013 after 32 years in the House, said being gay had helped Mr. Buttigieg separate himself from the crowded 2020 field of white male candidates.
“His being gay is an advantage and, if he were straight, I don’t think he would be doing as well,”
