Posted on 02/02/2021 12:09:30 PM PST by Coronal
WASHINGTON — Pete Buttigieg won Senate approval Tuesday as transportation secretary, the first openly gay person to be confirmed to a Cabinet post. He’ll be tasked with advancing President Joe Biden’s ambitious agenda of rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure and fighting climate change.
Buttigieg, a 39-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and Biden’s one-time rival during the Democratic presidential primaries, was approved on a 86-13 vote.
“I’m honored and humbled by today’s vote in the Senate—and ready to get to work,” Buttigieg tweeted shortly after he was confirmed.
Praised by Biden as bringing a “new voice” to the administration, Buttigieg takes over a Transportation Department with 55,000 employees and a budget of tens of billions dollars. He has pledged to quickly get to work promoting safety and restoring consumer trust in America’s transportation networks as airlines, buses, city subway systems and Amtrak reel from plummeting ridership in the coronavirus pandemic.
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Buttboy will totally screw up this one. Funny how many of Sleepy Joe and the Ho’s opponents are now in the cabinet....
Driving down those city streets
Waiting to get down
Won’t you get your big machine
Somewhere in this town?
Now in the parking lot garage
You’ll find the proper place
Just follow all the written rules
You’ll fit into the space
Pull up to my bumper baby
In your long black limousine
Pull up to my bumper baby
And drive it in between
— Grace Jones
Dildos sticking up on every bus seat
I’m sure there’s a joke in there somewhere. Something about trains or backups on the interstate...
CC
See how carefully they parsed that sentence to avoid mentioning that Trump's pick Richard Grenell was the first-ever gay member of a presidential cabinet.
What was the final vote? I am sure that the GOPe voted for him and they wonder why we are walking away from them.
He’s the next CIA cypher. This job is another box to check!
Why do republicans vote to confirm these unqualified losers?
86-13
So why exactly did ANY Republicans vote for this disgusting cretin???
Their entire administration is an unqualified freak show.
“Well I’m sure he knows his way around interstates rest stops...”
... and public bathrooms...
Good choice, seeing as how he always has his sh*t packed.
Subtitle: Indiana greatful.
“pete has zero qualifications for this.”
But even at that he is more qualified than Joe is to be prez or Kamala is the be VP(soon to be prez).
At the very least, plowing will take a top priority.
And if anyone thought for a NY minute there is not a UNIParty well...
Guess we should expect to take it in the rear end at the pumps.
Other than hanging around in the men’s room at the airport, what does Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater know about transportation?
From fudge-packing mayor of a podunk midwestern town who maybe once rode on a city bus to transportation secretary...is this a great nation or what?
Just think! He is going to single-handedly restore our confidence in our nation’s transportation network. Maybe he needs a new title: “Chief Airplane and Choo-Choo Confidence Builder.” He should contact Boeing for advice on how to rebuild confidence in failed jet liners.
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