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Botany

(77,864 posts)
Mon May 11, 2026, 10:12 AM May 11

Remember when we had Mayor Pete as Sec. of Transportation who really worked at his job?

Mayor Pete @ the train derailment in Eastern Ohio.



Mayor Pete along with a lot of others including Joe Biden, Governor Shapiro, and really good workers got this Freeway in Philadelphia back open in under 2 weeks.



But our current Sec. of Transportation is taking months of vacation time to travel which is paid for by corporations who do business with the USDOT. So in the end we are paying for his and his family’s vacations by paying those corporations for their goods and services.

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Remember when we had Mayor Pete as Sec. of Transportation who really worked at his job? (Original Post) Botany May 11 OP
yes, he and his wifey and spawn are on some reality shit junket now. Fucking waste of space/air CurtEastPoint May 11 #1
Full on grifting. Botany May 11 #2

CurtEastPoint

(20,097 posts)
1. yes, he and his wifey and spawn are on some reality shit junket now. Fucking waste of space/air
Mon May 11, 2026, 10:21 AM
May 11

Botany

(77,864 posts)
2. Full on grifting.
Mon May 11, 2026, 10:26 AM
May 11

He is still getting his nice big government check and his expenses for his reality show seeing
America tour are being paid for by companies that do business with the USDOT.

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