• During a Sunday appearance on CNN, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said that Lorie Smith, the Colorado-based Christian graphic designer who sued the state over its anti-discrimination statute, only got into the field “for the purpose of provoking a case like this.”
• Anchor Dana Bash had questioned Buttigieg about whether the Supreme Court’s case had “merit.”
• “No, there isn’t, and I think it’s very revealing that there’s no evidence that this web designer was ever even approached by anyone asking for a website for a same-sex wedding,” Buttigieg said. “It appears this web designer only went into the wedding business for the purpose of provoking a case like this and in that sense, I think there is something in common with the Supreme Court ruling and what we’ve seen happening in state legislatures in the country, which is kind of a solution looking for a problem.”

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