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CNN reports that President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Pete Buttigieg to be his transportation secretary. If confirmed, Buttigieg would be the first Senate-confirmed LGBTQ Cabinet secretary. Biden has praised Buttigieg during the Democratic primary. Sources tell CNN this could earn Buttigieg what many Democrats believe is needed experience should he run for president again. The role of transportation secretary is expected to play a central role in Biden's administration. Biden is slated to push for a bipartisan infrastructure package.
(CNN) President-elect Joe Biden will introduce former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg as his nominee for transportation secretary at an event in Wilmington, Delaware on Wednesday. Buttigieg's selection also represents the first time the President-elect has tapped one of his former Democratic presidential opponents to join his administration as a Cabinet secretary. The role of transportation secretary is expected to play a central part in Biden's push for a bipartisan infrastructure package. The former mayor is seen as a rising star in the Democratic primary and rose to national prominence during the 2020 Democratic primary.
This week President-elect Joe Biden nominated Pete Buttigieg to lead the Department of Transportation. According to Business Insider the news of the nomination was met with derision and some lighthearted chuckling. "Mayor Pete" had overseen the city of South Bend, Indiana. Their total population is a fraction of what a mass transit system like New York's can handle in an hour. Is Mayor Pete really the right guy to commandeer America's freight, air, rail and road? With a crumbling infrastructure and COVID still raging, only time will tell if he can handle the monumental job ahead of him.
CNN reports that Pete Buttigieg is in the running to become President-elect Joe Biden's Secretary of Transportation. Buttigieg ran for President in 2020. Business Insider reports that he is widely expected to run for president again in the future. If nominated, Buttigieg would be the first openly gay Cabinet secretary to be approved by the US Senate. Several other candidates have been considered for the role, including Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
Axios reports that President-elect Joe Biden is considering former South Bend, Indiana, mayor Pete Buttigieg to be his China ambassador. Buttigieg was one of Biden's rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination. He endorsed and campaigned for Biden when he dropped out of the race. Business Insider reports that Biden promised to be tough on China during his election campaign. Axios also reported that Buttigieg is being considered for other key domestic roles. Buttigieg joined Biden's transition team in November.
Former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg weighed in on President Donald Trump's frantic pace of campaign rallies Wednesday on Fox News. Buttigieg told host Martha MacCallum that while Joe Biden admittedly was doing few stops, he was unsure if it was really helping Trump's chances. He said that when Trump left his supporters out freezing in the cold in Omaha, it was which 'a great metaphor for how he’s treated his supporters more generally.' In Arizona you’ve got a bunch of people in a rally that has the potential to be a spreader event, which kind of symbolizes his inability to lead us out of this pandemic. Pete Buttigieg Interview with Marth MacCallum, Fox News MacCallum dismissed the comment, saying 'we’ve heard that line a lot.'
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