Democrat House lawmakers are demanding transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg address “racist traffic enforcement.”
A group of 27 House Democrats on Thursday wrote a letter to Buttigieg, calling for funding from the 2021 Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act to “move our nation closer to transit equity,” Fox News reported.
The lawmakers’ letter demanded that Buttigieg, who has taken measures in the past to promote “equity” in transportation, condemn “harmful” traffic enforcement practices and incorporate changes to “reduce racial inequities in traffic stops.”
Among the Democrats who signed the letter were far-left “Squad” members Ayanna Pressley (Mass.), Cori Bush (Mo.), Jamaal Bowman (N.Y.), and Ilhan Omar (Minn.). The letter advocated for “eliminating financial barriers to vehicle registration and upgrading traffic lights.”
“Traffic safety should not come at the expense of the dignity and safety of the Black community,” the representatives wrote.
The 2021 infrastructure deal, designed to “rebuild America’s roads, bridges and rails,” also invested significantly to “tackle the climate crisis” and “advance environmental justice.”
In June, Buttigieg launched a $1 billion project under the 2021 infrastructure act to “build racial equity in roads” by connecting historically segregated cities.
After it took Buttigieg three weeks to visit East Palestine, Ohio, following the train crash that resulted in an environmental disaster in the town, a poll revealed that 51 percent of American voters want the secretary out of the job.
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How about addressing the raise in railroad train derailments! It’s a more important then all your racist equity PROPAGANDA!
You sweet Pete should have refused your position because you are obviously not qualified for it. When is Pete going to come out identifying as a women?
TO the left race baiters, NOTHING IS MORE important than “Equity/racism”..
Hey I’m all for upgrading traffic signals. They don’t discriminate.
Just wait. Democrats will find some way to make traffic signals/signs discriminate according to races of drivers and passengers. Will result in chaos on the roads and huge jump in accidents/deaths/injuries, but ensuring DEI on highways is more important!
The squad are the ones who are racist. Speeding thru a b lack area is not safe for anyone so how is that racist ????
So now, blacks aren’t capable of violating traffic laws. Gotta be pretty stupid to fall into that category
Didn’t you know. Laws are racist period…
I’m all for equity in traffic enforcement. For every White person issued a ticket there should also be a Black person getting one, regardless of how many people are violating the law. This makes perfect sense. It’s not fair for one race to shoulder all the burden of traffic violations. That should be shared equally.
Does anyone on this forum thinks Butterbutt gives two shoots about any of this? The answer is probably NNNNNNNOOOOOOOO.
The DemonRats get more and more absurd all the time. THEY are the racist ones. Hateful, bigoted etc.
As P. T. Banum coined (or similar wording) “there is one sucker born every minute” which seems to apply for being told what to do or say but being used to being one it is easy to understand how some influence others easily.