U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg | Full Interview | Code 2022

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg sits down with Kara Swisher at the 2022 Code Conference.
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[@someguy2135]

The more I hear from Pete Buttigieg, the more impressed I become. He was my choice to be be the nominee in 2020, so that is saying something.

[@marthalisk303]

I voted for him in the primary. BEST qualified then and still is. I hope I live long enough to see him as President some day!

[@ladylore8771]

You can't name 1 good thing he's done

[@ladylore8771]

@@marthalisk303 what's he done for our country? He was in charge off the supply chain debacle

[@someguy2135]

@@ladylore8771 "A DOT veteran’s take “For a first-year DOT secretary, I’m very impressed with what he’s gotten done,” former DOT official Mort Downey told FreightWaves. As the longest serving U.S. deputy secretary of transportation (1993-2001) who has worked with or met every DOT secretary except one (Claude Brinegar), Downey is in a good position to offer a perspective."-FreightWaves (Their motto is "Nerve Center of the Global Supply Chain.")

[@FourthWayRanch]

he's a moron, why are cars allowed to be equipped with headlights that blind everyone? The guys heads up the DOT and he doesn't think it's an issue. Maybe he has someone do his driving for him and he doesn't go out out on the sidewalks at night.

[@calebstump4624]

You have my vote for President if you choose to run again. You are inspiring and I appreciate your optimistic viewpoint on our future.

[@codygiron7814]

Secretary, Mayor Pete inspired me to be more socio-politically engaged unlike any other person in the past. He's direct and brilliant enough to speak from the heart rather than depending on others to do his thinking for him. At this point, he alone will either keep me engaged with his future decisions (I'm holding out for President, Mayor Pete)! or I'll likely retreat into the despair many of us felt before his arrival on the scene.

[@robertlee8805]

Same here. Hoping for the best.

[@froth7133]

Well said … I speculate that growing up as “gay” forced him to be very persuasive and effective to get his points across. He is just so darn well spoken and thoughtful.

[@godbyone]

Omg that’s funny. Pete said trees are racist. Highways are racist. It never stops

[@godbyone]

Pete is so great when country has worst transportation problem s. Pete takes off two months.

[@ladylore8771]

Pete has done NOTHING for our country.

[@agathacccc2710]

Pete always does really well in long form interviews. He’s a very eloquent speaker.

[@nikhilb2152]

This was a brilliant interview. Pete was ahead of his time when he stood for presidency.

[@RobbyBesch]

People talk every day about climate change, how we should do more, how we should be listening to communities and giving them the tools to make their communities a greener, healthier, better place for everyone. This guy isn't just talking - he's actually doing it across the aisle, in the communities, competently administering a massive Federal department - and doing it with class despite receiving regular personal political attacks.

[@dillonkayser4215]

He’s not the Energy Secretary, he’s the Transportation Secretary. Doofus. So if he’s doing anything unrelated to his actual duties then he should be fired for neglecting his job’s responsibilities. The department he oversees has been dismal since he began, many failures. Very poor performance. While you weakling liberals scream climate crisis, understand this. You can gradually build clean energy infrastructure in time. Instead, you idiots have hit the panic button. Screamed “climate crisis” and have driven the cost of energy way up. Every facet of energy cost, up. You weaklings are idiots. You didn’t change or do anything but make the cost of living more expensive. Are you dumb or what? You want to transition to clean energy, cool. I’m all for it. Go build solar panels and windmills like the world has never seen, make solar panels very cheap to be bought by consumers. Until you’ve built clean energy infrastructure stfu about how dangerous and deadly you think the energy 99% of our nation is reliant on is. Liberal climate crisis goofs haven’t changed or improved the climate at all, they’ve driven the cost of a/c, heat and gasoline way up. Nothing more. Call that progress? Are you stupid or just weak?

[@dillonkayser4215]

Rob B over here acting as if Pete is some climate hero. Like what? What’s wrong with you betas. You mean the Transportation Secretary, Pete? The man who let barges backup for months at every port in America while he was on maternity leave. Maternity leave because his husband had adopted a son. That’s your hero, huh? True man’s man, yeah? lol. While America’s supply chain was struggling more than it has in decades, our leader Pete was taking more maternity leave than I’ve ever heard an actual mother take, to spend time with his husband and the child they adopted. The beta male hero.

[@FerallHog]

What’s he doing that’s so great?? What are your sources?

[@learneraccount5244]

The interviewer really struggled throughout the entire interview. It was cringeworthy listening to many of her nonsensical comments and questions. Conversely, Pete Buttigieg was exceedingly articulate and brilliant, as usual.

[@catward3267]

Dang, I miss the 2020 race. Long-form, substantive discussions are so satisfying!

[@pfurrie]

Man, Pete is great at answering questions! This is the guy we all fell in love with back in 2019.

[@michaeld9682]

No we didn't He is only good at taking time off work and wasting money

[@karlacorona7426]

I still love him!

[@pyotrtchaikovsky1840]

still in love after 2 years!

[@lauradeveau6555]

Excellent interview. Smart sewers are cool.

[@ac27934]

11:00 Glad to see Pete define "equitable" in terms of class rather than race.

[@amandab.recondwith8006]

I will vote for Pete once again when he runs for President. He's brilliant!!

[@karlacorona7426]

My man Pete 😍

[@HigherQualityUploads]

Or we could not have any cars at all and have a walking and cycling-friendly city...

[@missy2244]

I fell in love with Pete in 2019. ❤KAMALA❤ ❤FREEDOM❤ ❤VP PETE❤

[@jean-pierrefortin5847]

To have a great success with transit , we have to be ....very proud to use that kind of buses , metro or trains . The more it's nice and comfortable the more people will accept to change their mind and will accept with pleasure to change their ways of traveling . If you have to travel in a scrap train or else , your train will be empty . JP Fortin QC Ça Just look at the metro of Montreal .

[@barbarosozturk]

This was amazing... Thanks for sharing!

[@eldon.phukuile]

I just live Pete ❤

[@u.s.navy_pete4111]

Always great listening to Secretary Pete!

[@sophelet]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful interview, Kara and Pete!

[@oliveoyl1802]

Loved the interviewee but not the interviewer. Cringeworthy how she tried to be 'clever' but ended up looking more stupid. She should have just asked the questions and listened instead of opening her mouth and widening the intelligence gap between the 2 of them more obviously.

[@carminedauria-gupta2561]

He should run in 2024

[@pfurrie]

Totally!

[@phirumyin3825]

Love Pete, what a gem. ❤

[@JoshuaRes]

Interesting points, clearly an educated fellow. Wish the IRA had a more gradual shift to the made in USA components for EVs. I think the shift in incentives is going to cool sales for the next few years.

[@EM-cs7jw]

Please God let him be president one day

[@pfurrie]

And hopefully "one day" will be SOON.

[@greymatterz761]

@@pfurrie So you want a prez that takes off 9 months for maternity leave and 2 months when the supply chain crisis was making prices go up on everything. He's a slick talker with no record of doing anything but graduating from Harvard and marrying a man. As a mayor just ask the citizens in South Bend and let them tell you what a disgrace he was and is as transpo secretary. Don't let the smooth taste fool you.

[@Ethanpond42]

I hope Republican voters see this

[@jimsprinkle6460]

Pete and Katie for president

[@gregoriagiordano570]

Food not grow in rich soil does not have the nutrients or micro biome to sustain the digestive system or good health…please do some research. Soil has millions of microorganisms required for proper food nutrition.

[@Montauk0]

Then run for office and make a change

[@annemarieselaya8032]

Pete has great answers as always. Too bad the interviewer is snarky and disrespectful.

[@pfurrie]

Really? I thought she did a wonderful job interviewing Pete. She asked very intelligent questions, knew all about the interviewee and all the associated topics, and she was *conversational* with Pete, as if he is a friend and wasn't just pandering to him. It seemed that Pete was enjoying it, too.

[@annemarieselaya8032]

@@pfurrie Pete is always gracious. An interviewer can be respectful without pandering. I'm glad you liked it. She did not seem prepared to me even from the beginning. Who offers strawberries without a napkin or a plate? In my opinion, she was awkward, hyper and disruptive. Thankfully Pete is always prepared and made the best of it.

[@pfurrie]

@@annemarieselaya8032 Really? Bothered by how the strawberries were served? She did him a solid by showing he can be down-to-earth and unfussy. If I'm offering something to a friend, who needs plates and napkins? Well, I guess we have differing opinions on her delivery, and give you some ROTR respect for that! ;)

[@oliveoyl1802]

Thought I was the only one who thought so.

[@migdon470]

Geez Kara is horrible. " Google has alot of money, not sure you know that" seriously? O_o

[@billiemspaight7755]

This vid sux. The captions keep going off.

[@Montauk0]

Turn them off… just a thought

[@saltanataskerova8757]

OTHER CLİMAT HAS

[@royaldust]

I mean just say Tesla doesn’t exist in their world because of unions

[@Nonyourbiz123]

He will say anything to get attention and votes.

[@marygerace6994]

😮😮😮😮😮😮nn.

[@USMCasper]

This man is completely ignoring the problem they themselves created.....Popping champagne claiming inflation is conquered while the Market was down 1300 and the inflation report was horrid.

[@saltanataskerova8757]

YAAAAAA UNDER BİG PROBLEM

[@doradobrogo]

Kara is the worst

[@saltanataskerova8757]

VERY DİFFİRENT GOVERNER

[@saltanataskerova8757]

HE THİNKS HOV KİLL CHİLDS

[@PatriciaLopez-zo2qy]

Cause they to high price!!!! U evil

[@Hawking1969]

I'm really shocked by the political bias here. Typically journalists ask questions about issues and policies.

[@JayEs31]

How can he say all of this stuff about EVs and just complete gloss over being unfriendly to Tesla and not inviting then to the white house for EV summit? A purely political move to punish them because they don’t have unions. How can the discussion completely ignore reality of Teslas leadership in accelerating EV?

[@ethanma1722]

Elon is an absolute hypocrite. He whines for small government even though Tesla is only afloat because of government subsidies and tax credits. He cries about not being invited to summits which he was uninvited from for being a union buster, firing employees who were talking about forming them--which was found to be illegal by the labor board. Nobody's denying that they are one of the leaders in the space, but that's even more reason to hold them accountable

[@JayEs31]

@@ethanma1722 uh, your personal character attack has zero to do with the comment about the current administration SAYING they want to advance EV's and then ignoring the largest EV manufacturer by far - and refusing to even mention them. the part of the interview where Pete was on the hot seat and SQUIRMING and saying BS about this topic was priceless.

[@ethanma1722]

@@JayEs31 it's blatantly obvious that the reason the Biden admin and Tesla aren't on good terms is because of Elon's staunch anti-union stance and his union busting history. Tesla also can't complain about lack of government support when they're receiving $7500 per car tax credit, amounting to 1.5 bil in aid.

[@RobbyBesch]

He did talk about tesla, gave them props for making the most progress in this interview. Clearly there was pressure involved from POTUS/VPOTUS/Unions, but Tesla needs the least help and yet will probably going to benefit the most from the infrastructure bill despite Elon's complaints that Pete could invite them more. I hear Elon's grumbling, he's had a lot of naysayers, including from prior friends - Pete's never attacked Elon, and just publicly offered him a hug in the interview.

[@dgyoutube2405]

Lol you know esg hoax and climate change is a hoax and you know this because there are no plan for future at all. Because if they create this plan it will take over 90 years to build enough power plants to just run all EVs and nothing else.

[@andrewburger8808]

Stop talking about evs. Trains are way more efficient than evs build trains ffs

[@pfurrie]

Stop talking about trains. Hyperloops are way more efficient. Build hyperloops.

[@andrewburger8808]

@@pfurrie doesnt hyperloop fall into the train category? 😂

[@robertlee8805]

@@pfurrie Now there we go at 700 mph. Zoom Zoom. Hoping this happens soon. All I know Virgin HyperLoop One will be working on Cargo for now till it gets more widely accepted for Human Transport going that fast on land. With the Supply Chain Issues at these mega ports this will advance the transport of goods to port warehouses and if successful at that point to go further our to Major Distribution Centers throughout the US and North America.

[@robertlee8805]

@@andrewburger8808 Technically it does but it's so NEW that the public and politicians may object to this going thru their neighborhoods until another Supply Chain Issues arrises. Unless there's trillionaires who can put their own money into funding this idea but then there always be people and businesses who will oppose anything they don't understand the benefits beyond their comfort zone.

[@andrewburger8808]

@@robertlee8805 ofc what an American thing to do prioritize moving goods instead of people. America, the only country where the passenger train yields to the cargo trains 😂

[@trumpyla]

When tech conf becomes a political garbage

[@pfurrie]

When a technically-astute cabinet secretary talks about technical issues with which he is understandably familiar and involved with gives an interview. What's wrong with that?

[@dillonkayser4215]

He should be explaining his many failures under his watch, and his very poor performance. You beta male men just keep buying what your poor Democratic leadership sells to you, don’t you? ☕️ 🐸 Should be explaining shipping ports months behind schedule, airports & airliners facing their worst performance in decades, supply chain issues in this country from top to bottom etc etc etc This country would be much better off if we didn’t have weak men who’re easily duped by the usual Democratic talking points. You weak guys blindly buy what they sell, constantly. And don’t even think to pay attention to the results. Also, I’m not Republican. Nor do I like Trump. But yes, men who’re supporting Pete and his party are weak, inept and cowardly. It’s clear they’ve been failing you.

[@StudentofPoliticalScience]

@@pfurrie Pete has never said the words Tesla or catl. He is a lobbyist for the uaw. Nothing technical, involved or astute about that.

[@swiftMyDay]

Maybe is too advanced for you

[@ladylore8771]

I don't believe him.

[@dillonkayser4215]

Pete is a terrible transportation secretary, maybe the worst we’ve ever had. Good speaker, great at walking the party’s line. Terrible at actually getting things done. He’s a true, savvy Democratic Politician. Say great things, then do different things that either do nothing or something negative for the people.

[@morrislorris4798]

Is that so? What has he done that proves this statement? I will wait.

[@dillonkayser4215]

Morris, you’re a fried out peon.

[@Levatomu]

Based on his body language alone you know he wouldn't be a good fit for President. Smart guy though.

[@ParsaMoshiri]

Idk, our current and previous presidents have set the bar very low.

[@saltanataskerova8757]

HE DONT LİKES THAT İS HUSBAND HİM SHOOKKSs

[@christianbrother4724]

Thank God Pete is gay, because as far as I know, he knows nothing about transportation. As far as I know mother's are still having a hard time finding baby formula..

[@daveken9936]

Nope

[@thewaffle003]

*Cope

[@daveken9936]

@@thewaffle003 nope.

[@thewaffle003]

@@daveken9936 You spelled cope wrong

[@TheMap1997]

Gay

[@morrislorris4798]

Yes, he is. And what difference does that make?

[@oliveoyl1802]

Karma should hit you and make all your descendants gay.

[@oliveoyl1802]

And please find a new slur cos gay isnt such an insult anymore. Get with it, 'macho man'.

[@dougd2723]

IMHO "A" doesn't stand for adam....