During a recent appearance on MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg discussed his ongoing and relatively insane focus on addressing racial disparities in road fatalities and America’s infrastructure.
Host Al Sharpton questioned Buttigieg about his commitment to tackling inequality in this area, claiming that road fatalities are not equally distributed among different racial groups.
Buttigieg acknowledged the issue, stating, “It’s something that deserves more attention, which is why I’m working to bring more attention to it. We have a crisis when it comes to roadway fatalities in America. We lose about 40,000 people every year. It’s a level that is comparable to gun violence.”
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Pete Buttigieg tells Al Sharpton that minorities are more likely to die in car crashes because of “the way roads are designed and built.”
Racist roads is what we get from our Transportation Sec.
In fairness, Buttigieg is a Roads Scholar. pic.twitter.com/nZ2e3vzqM2
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 16, 2023
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He weirdly added that Black and Brown Americans, tribal citizens, and rural residents are more likely to lose their lives in car accidents or as pedestrians.
The Transportation Secretary cited multiple reasons for these disparities, including “discrimination” and differences in road design and construction.
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He claimed that some communities lack access to safe street designs with crosswalks and proper lighting, which contributes to these disparities, adding, “we have a responsibility to act on that.”
In November 2021, Buttigieg had previously claimed discrimination within America’s infrastructure, stating, “What we’re doing is we are reconnecting people who may have been disconnected or divided by discriminatory decisions in the past. That helps everybody. I don’t know why anybody would be against reconnecting people who have been divided by discriminatory decisions in the past.”
Buttigieg’s MSNBC appearance came after over two dozen Democrats signed a letter calling for reform to “racist traffic enforcement” on the nation’s roadways.
Buttigieg is running this country’s rail system like a toddler playing with his first toy train set. https://t.co/DeOLcVFRl3
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) April 16, 2023
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The letter urged the Transportation Secretary to “condemn the status quo of traffic enforcement and develop reforms to reduce racial inequities in traffic stops.”
The letter highlighted the alleged disproportionate scrutiny and excessive force Black motorists experience under the guise of traffic enforcement.
Signatories of the letter included radical and far-left progressives such as Reps. Ayanna Pressley (MA), Cori Bush (MO), Jamaal Bowman (NY), and Ilhan Omar (MN).
