The knives are out for Mayor Pete. This would be appear to be a right wing hit job, but maybe not. Who doesn't love some fratricidal politics.Buttigieg hasn't had to put down a lot of policy, so he may well cast himself anywhere he sees an open lane.

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What his department was really interested in was handing out hundreds of diversity, equity and inclusion grants totaling more than $80 billion over four years — at least half of the DOT’s ent…

Of course, maybe this could boomerang and win him sympathy with the progressive left.