Buttigieg said showing regard at the human level was important in the wake of tragedy.
Buttigieg said it would be “helpful” for the former president to weigh in on the tragedy, during an interview on MSNBC’s“At a human level, it would be helpful for the former president to weigh in here and show the solidarity that we have seen from most if not all elected officials on either side of the aisle because of the human nature of what happened,” Buttigieg said.
Eight construction workers were on the bridge at the time of the collapse, fixing potholes overnight. Buttigieg said that the county counts on workers like those, “many of them“They’re not glamorous, they’re not the highest-paying jobs in the country,” Buttigieg said. “But they’re absolutely essential.”
He said human regard should be shown in the wake of six of the construction workers dying as a result of the“I think just again at a human level showing some regard for that is very important, and that’s what characteristically President Biden is doing when I was with him in Baltimore,” Buttigieg said.
Biden and Buttigieg visited Baltimore on Friday to examine the wreckage. Biden was quick to pledge full federal support to clear the Port of Baltimore and rebuild the bridge. In 2007, just five days after Minneapolis’ 35W bridge collapsed, a replacement was fully funded by unanimous support in both chambers and by then-President George W. Bush.
On the topic of claims from Republicans that the bridge collapse was due to DEI principles, which many have“This is not about women and minorities, this is about a bridge that was struck by a ship,” Buttigieg said.
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