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Buttigieg responds to criticism over racist roads comment: ‘The point is not to make America feel guilty’
Fox news ^ | 11/28/2021 | Jessica Chasmar

Posted on 11/28/2021 2:20:21 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday responded to criticism over his recent comments about racist bridges and highways, saying "the point is not to make America feel guilty" but to fix what he believes are injustices in the country’s infrastructure.

During an appearance on MSNBC’s "The Sunday Show," Buttigieg was asked to respond to critics who don’t believe his argument that some bridges and highways were built with racist intentions.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: buttigieg; communist; communistic; criticism; genderdysphoria; homosexualagenda; indiana; jessicachasmar; mediawingofthednc; msnbc; nbc; nobrainscollectively; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; pervert; petebuttigieg; pinkopete; racist; roads; swordswallower
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What the hell is the point then? He is playing the race card with respect to road names. That is foolishness, plain and simple.


21 posted on 11/28/2021 3:15:30 PM PST by maxwellsmart_agent (LKL)
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To: McGruff

“Biden appointees, are they all insane?”

Yep. And Lindsay Graham voted for every one of them.

L


22 posted on 11/28/2021 3:18:20 PM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It is perfectly true that some roads were built with racist intent — in all cases, as far as I know, by Democrats in the usual democrat cesspool cities. Quarantining the black neighborhoods by imposing formidable barriers to cross traffic was sometimes deliberate. Of course, this tended to trap said black folks in economically blighted ghettos, which was perfectly ok with Democrat political machines in the 1950’s and 60’s.

The more common issue by far, however, was ramming urban expressways through politically powerless neighborhoods, which tended to be disproportionately minority. The suburban cowboy lobby demanded high speed expressways from green, leafy, cul-de-sac land to downtown office districts. It’s politically next to impossible to run such arterial roads through the gentry liberal neighborhoods full of doctors, lawyers, business executives and the mayor’s political donors. The poor black neighborhoods were the path of least resistance. And of course, in years to come, urban expressways blighted most of the areas through which they ran. Urban expressways probably rank close to big welfare housing projects as a way to poison an area of the city.


23 posted on 11/28/2021 3:19:43 PM PST by sphinx
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To: gundog

Dude, watching that again, highlight of my Sunday. Thanks!


24 posted on 11/28/2021 3:25:09 PM PST by StAnDeliver (Each of you have at least ONE of these in your 401k: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, J&J, and MERCK)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Buttplug fantasizes about large black men making him their little twink boy.


25 posted on 11/28/2021 3:34:04 PM PST by Levy78
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He was being groomed just check his background. Obama,Clinton Buttigieg was the scorecard.


26 posted on 11/28/2021 3:37:53 PM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Concentrate on you job not the crap


27 posted on 11/28/2021 3:43:35 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Too many things other than his head going up his perverted asshole.


28 posted on 11/28/2021 3:45:14 PM PST by laweeks
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“the point is not to make America feel guilty”

Yes it was, Buttplug, or you wouldn’t have said it.


29 posted on 11/28/2021 3:50:24 PM PST by lgjhn23 (Pray for America....)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Buttigeig is a liar


30 posted on 11/28/2021 3:56:40 PM PST by Rocko Jack
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To: StAnDeliver
Good stuff.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FtvFbXG-7Mw

31 posted on 11/28/2021 4:02:31 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Why should America feel guilty, unless retards like Butt Plug make up artificial reasons out of thin air? Shaddup, you little pervert.


32 posted on 11/28/2021 4:41:56 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Partisan Media Shill asks softball (ahem) question to allow talking point response.

33 posted on 11/28/2021 4:46:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He is a frigging idiot clown


34 posted on 11/28/2021 5:19:23 PM PST by aces (and )
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To: sphinx

Sphinx told the truth.


35 posted on 11/28/2021 5:35:46 PM PST by Trumpet 1 (US Constitution is my guide.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Buttburgler always with his foot or something in his mouth 🤪


36 posted on 11/28/2021 5:44:07 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: McGruff
Biden appointees, are they all insane?

So far, yes.

37 posted on 11/28/2021 5:47:53 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: cgbg

Article refers to “his argument that some bridges and highways were built with racist intentions”.


Which was then discredited at the end of the article and Pete was chastised for repeating made up/unverified stuff.


38 posted on 11/28/2021 6:13:15 PM PST by mommab2003 (Stop these White House Chefs!!!)
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Transportation Secy Pete Buttigieg responded to criticism over his recent comments about racist bridges and highways, saying he wants to fix roadways’ “racial injustice.”

“This country’s roads, driveways and parking lots just reek of racism,” the new mother sobbed, wiping away a tear........”I mean all that blacktop.”


39 posted on 11/28/2021 6:54:50 PM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

No, the point was to deflect criticism and convince his base that he knew what he was doing. Criticism wasn’t deflected and the base wasn’t going to desert him even if he were completely incompetent.


40 posted on 11/28/2021 6:57:33 PM PST by x
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