Is Pete Buttigieg’s political future grounded forever after Southwest holiday travel disaster?
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Over the Christmas and holiday season, more than 16,000 flights were canceled. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has been under fire for the travel nightmare.
The Southwest fiasco was not the first blemish on Buttigieg's resume. It was the latest episode in a growing pattern of events. Pete Buttigieg (USDOT) Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (Associated Press) Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg appeared on ABC's "The View" on April 8, 2022 and discussed high gas prices and inflation. (Screenshot/ABC) Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Chasten Buttigieg attend a reception ahead of the start of the Invictus Games The Hague 2020 on April 15, 2022, in The Hague, Netherlands. (Chris Jackson/Getty Images for the Invictus Games Foundation) Colin Reed is a Republican strategist, former campaign manager for Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown and co-founder of South and Hill Strategies.
Southwest and its leadership will face tough questions about their outdated technology and misplaced priorities. At the top of that list is their obsession with going green and shoveling millions of dollars toward "carbon neutrality" to appease the woke crowd. No word yet on how many emissions were saved this week amid the mass grounding of flights.
For Transportation Secretary Buttigieg, the headaches are only just beginning. Critics are questioning the credentials of a 40-year-old former mayor of a city of 100,000 residents to oversee an agency with nearly 60,000 employees.