More GOP lawmakers are calling for Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to resign, with a House Republican from Ohio suggesting the GOP-led chamber should proceed with impeachment if he doesn’t step down.
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio wrote to President Biden about Buttigieg’s job performance in light of the Feb. 3 toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. He argued that Buttigieg has been absent on the job and it’s become a pattern.
“Amidst an impending possible rail strike last year, Secretary Buttigieg left the country to vacation in Portuguese wine country,” Rubio wrote. “Near misses in commercial aviation, as well as recent system failures, including the one that shutdown air travel in Florida in January, indicate that serious and persistent problems across the DOT are not being sufficiently remedied. I do not have confidence that Secretary Buttigieg is capable of keeping the American people safe.” Read more…
