Buttigieg: At a ‘Human Level,’ It’d Be Helpful for the Former President to Show Solidarity for Immigrants Who Died in Baltimore Bridge

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BUTTIGIEG: "I’ll take care to avoid talking about campaigns while I’m sitting here, but just at a human level, it would be helpful for the former president to weigh in here and show the solidarity that we have seen from most, if not all elected officials on either side of the aisle because of the human nature of what happened, the fact that you have these six people who lost their lives, the seventh very seriously injured, who were out there doing the work that all of us count on, but don’t always think about. That was a chilly night, they were out filling potholes, mending the road, getting that bridge squared away while most everybody else was sleeping so it would be ready for traffic in the morning. We count on so many workers in this country, many of them immigrants, to do these vitally important infrastructure jobs, they’re not glamorous, they're not the highest-paying jobs in the country, but they are absolutely essential. I think at a human level, showing some regard for that is very important. That’s what, characteristically, President Biden was doing when I was with him in Baltimore on Friday."