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U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg attends a groundbreaking ceremony for the New Portal North Bridge project held in Kearny, N.J., Monday, Aug 1, 2022. A group of environmental and racial justice organizations filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday, Nov. 17, against the U.S. Department of Transportation and Buttigieg. The lawsuit aims to halt a Gulf Coast road project that the group says will harm the environment near historic Black neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, File)

Pete Buttigieg, inept and incapable, personifies ‘Democrat’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg attends a groundbreaking ceremony for the New Portal North Bridge project held in Kearny, N.J., Monday, Aug 1, 2022. A group of environmental and racial justice organizations filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday, Nov. 17, against the U.S. Department of Transportation and Buttigieg. The lawsuit aims to halt a Gulf Coast road project that the group says will harm the environment near historic Black neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, File)

Sec. Buttigieg insists use of private planes more efficient, saves money, for some DOT travel

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks during a Michigan governor debate Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, at WOOD-TV in Grand Rapid, Mich. (Bryan Esler/Nexstar Media Group/WOOD-TV via AP) ** FILE **

Democrats add Whitmer, Shapiro to a growing roster of ‘Plan B’ candidates for 2024

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg at the Expo/Crenshaw Station part of Metro's Crenshaw/ LAX Transit Project in Los Angeles on Friday, July 8, 2022. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP)

Pete Buttigieg is ineffective and should be fired

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A traveler looks at the flight board at Miami International Airport, Friday, July 1, 2022, in Miami. The July Fourth holiday weekend is off to a booming start with airport crowds crushing the numbers seen in 2019, before the pandemic. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Progressives want more than ‘travel tips’ from Sec. Buttigieg after flight cancellations, delays

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Travelers are shown at Salt Lake City International Airport Monday, June 13, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Airline fares have jumped 47% since January and remain higher than they were before the pandemic, which could be leading to a slowdown in the number of seats airlines can sell. Bookings for flights within the United States fell 2.3% in May compared with April, research firm Adobe Digital Insights said Tuesday. The value of those sales rose 6%, however, to $8.3 billion, because of price increases. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Airlines warn of federal air traffic controller shortage ahead of July 4 holiday

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (center) speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, May 16, 2022, as Labor Secretary Marty Walsh (left) and Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan listen. Buttigieg says he is pushing airlines to hire more customer-service people and take other steps to help travelers this summer. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Buttigieg: U.S. may act against airlines on consumers’ behalf

By David Koenig - Associated Press

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, center, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022, on the six-month anniversary of the bipartisan infrastructure law. He is joined by, from left, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, and National Economic Council director Brian Deese. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Buttigieg calls for a Marshall Plan-style rebuilding of Ukraine

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, on Nov. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) **FILE**

Pete Buttigieg faults capitalism for baby formula fiasco

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, on Nov. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) **FILE**

Buttigieg says baby formula shortage is not the Biden administration’s fault

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden shakes hands with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg during an event to commemorate Pride Month, in the East Room of the White House, Friday, June 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Shovel-ready presidential campaign? Buttigieg 2024 buzz grows amid Biden doubts

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Biden's Runaway Gasoline Prices Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Democrats’ anti-car crusade

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Vice President Kamala Harris followed by Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, arrives at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, in Washington, Monday, March 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Harris, Buttigieg criticized for being tone-deaf on energy

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., one of the key Senate Republicans shepherding a $1 trillion infrastructure bill with Democrats, arrives at the chamber as the Senate works to advance the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. Mrs. Capito is among a number of congressional Republicans accusing Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg of crafting new byzantine rules and regulations governing how money from President Biden’s $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package can be spent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

GOP accuses White House of diverting infrastructure funding to ‘woke’ agenda

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks to the media during a visit to the Georgia Ports Authority's Megarail facility, Friday, Dec., 17, 2021 in Savannah, Ga. Buttigieg used the visit to highlight the coordination with the his department and the Georgia Ports Authority to improve its cargo flow. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

Buttigieg doles out $241M to U.S. ports to boost supply chain

By Hope Yen - Associated Press

Pete Buttigieg, with his hand on a Bible held by husband Chasten Buttigieg, is sworn in as Transportation Secretary by Vice President Kamala Harris in the Old Executive Office Building in the White House complex on Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

No rivalry here? Buttigieg lavishes praise on Harris amid staff shakeup, 2024 speculation

By Dave Boyer and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit, in Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 10, 2021. As President Joe Biden gets set to sign a $1 trillion infrastructure package, many eyes are turning to Buttigieg. The law will make the 39-year-old former mayor and former Democratic presidential candidate one of the more powerful brokers in Washington. He'll be handling the largest infusion of cash into the transportation sector since the 1950s creation of the interstate highway system. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

Buttigieg’s star rises as $1T Biden agenda shifts toward him

By Hope Yen, Tom Beaumont and Josh Boak - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks in the U.S. Center at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit, in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Buttigieg should go back on maternity leave

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks in the U.S. Center at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit, in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Buttigieg: Child care a key issue in supply chain disruption, labor shortage

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg arrives to attend an event on the global supply chain bottlenecks during in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘So grateful’ Pete Buttigieg newborn son healthy and home after hospital stay

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times