Watch: Pete Buttigieg Dismisses 'Literally Nonsensical' Anti-LGBTQ+ Rant by Marjorie Taylor Greene

Openly gay and married Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg called out Marjorie Taylor Greene's unhinged screed at a recent rally, and condemned Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law, during an appearance on the Yahoo! News Skullduggery podcast.

Secretary Buttigieg was asked about Greene's comments, which the controversial Georgia representative made during a MAGA rally last weekend. Greene railed against the Transportation Secretary's support for electric vehicles and declared that "Pete Buttigieg can take his electric vehicles and his bicycles, and he and his husband can stay out of our girls' bathrooms."

Secretary Buttigieg observed that Greene's comments were "literally nonsensical."

"The reason you hear somebody like that making nonsensical, literally nonsensical comments like that – I don't know what you'd do with an electric vehicle in any bathroom – they don't want to talk about what we're actually working on," Buttigieg posited.

"So they're going to keep tripling down on anything that can divide and demonize and demoralize, and through that capture attention," he went on to say.

His comments about Greene were of a piece with his opinion regarding Florida's recently enacted "Don't Say Gay" law, which criminalizes classroom discussion of LGBTQ+ issues up through third grade, as well as outlawing any such discussion deemed "not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards" in any grade.

The broad wording of the bill, as well as its encouragement of lawsuits against teachers and schools, has prompted equality advocates to worry that LGBTQ+ youth will be systematically silenced and marginalized throughout the state's education system.

"Look, bottom line, it's hurting kids," Buttigieg said, according to UK newspaper the Daily Mail.

"I think about what life might be like for our kids when they start school," the new father of two adopted children went on to say. "If they were in a place like Florida, it might stop them from mentioning they had a great time over the weekend with their dads."

Secretary Buttigieg spoke against the effort in states across America by GOP-led legislatures to punish, silence, and marginalize LGBTQ+ Americans – especially transgender youth.

"This is part of a very familiar political playbook," Buttigieg said. "And I think the reason that this playbook is being pulled off the shelf is you have a lot of folks who don't have actual plans for the things that are affecting so much of everyday life."

"They're looking for somebody to target, to change the subject to these culture wars. And they're really doubling down on these culture wars," Buttigieg added. "Look, we're going to stand our ground and stand with people who are vulnerable. At the end of the day, they're busy worrying about which books to ban and we're here trying to figure out which bridges to fix."

Watch a clip of the interview with Buttigieg by following this link.