{"id":1775751,"date":"2022-12-15T07:33:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T12:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1775751"},"modified":"2022-12-15T07:34:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T12:34:00","slug":"buttigieg-vacationed-in-posh-european-tourist-destination-as-rail-unions-neared-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-vacationed-in-posh-european-tourist-destination-as-rail-unions-neared-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Buttigieg Vacationed In Posh European Tourist Destination As Rail Unions Neared Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbuttigieg-vacationed-in-posh-european-tourist-destination-as-rail-unions-neared-strike%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1775751&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg vacationed in a famous tourist hotspot in Europe as the threat of a rail strike threatened to grind the U.S. economy to a halt.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Free Beacon <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/buttigieg-vacationed-in-europe-as-rail-unions-were-on-verge-of-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that Buttigieg left the U.S. for Porto, Portugal, on August 29, just days before Amtrak started canceling trips in anticipation that workers were going to strike.<\/p>\n<p>The report said that some of the unions\u2019 demanded that workers get paid sick leave which was not included in the final contract that U.S. lawmakers passed and sent to President Joe Biden to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/12\/02\/biden-signs-bill-averting-rail-worker-strike-despite-lack-of-paid-sick-days.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed<\/a> into law. Biden had put Buttigieg as one of those in charge of leading the negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPete Buttigieg will take paid vacation in Europe for days on end but doesn\u2019t think rail workers should get more than one day of sick leave,\u201d Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/philipletsou\/status\/1603132736012943360\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cIf rail workers showed up for work as rarely as Buttigieg does, the country would fall apart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report said that while the nature of Buttigieg\u2019s trip was not known, it appears that he did not want anyone to know about it as he tried to maintain the illusion on social media that he will still in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs usual, while traveling on personal time he remained available and engaged on urgent issues, which in this case meant multiple calls with staff and stakeholders to work on the topic of rail labor negotiations,\u201d Buttigieg\u2019s office claimed, adding that\u00a0the trip had been planned long in advance and that his work helped \u201csuccessfully prevent a rail shutdown included dozens of calls and meetings between April and December.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/buttigieg-took-taxpayer-funded-private-jets-trumps-hhs-sec-was-forced-to-resign-for-doing-that\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from earlier this month revealed that Buttigieg, an ardent proponent of reducing carbon emissions, has taken taxpayer-funded private jets rather than commercial planes at least 18 times since he was inaugurated into office.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg has utilized a private jet fleet whose private records match his schedule of external and public engagements, as Americans for Public Trust (APT) discovered, Fox News stated in an exclusive report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day Americans face flight [cancellations] and long wait times because Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has completely mismanaged air travel,\u201d APT Executive Director Caitlin Sutherland opined to Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet, he gets to avoid all that by taking taxpayer-funded private jets to destinations with readily available commercial airline options,\u201d she continued. \u201cAnd for someone so holier-than-thou on reducing emissions, Buttigieg sure doesn\u2019t seem to mind the pollution caused by his literal jet-setting. This is hypocrisy at its finest, and these troubling expenses to taxpayers must come under immediate scrutiny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In April 2022, Buttigieg stated at a virtual town hall, \u201cWhen you look at the U.S. economy, transportation accounts for the largest share of our greenhouse gas emissions. To me, that means transportation ought to be responsible for the biggest share of the solution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, then-Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, serving in the Trump administration, was found to have taken over 25 private jet flights during that year, which prompted him to resign from the administration.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hank Berrien contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/buttigieg-took-taxpayer-funded-private-jets-trumps-hhs-sec-was-forced-to-resign-for-doing-that\">Buttigieg Took Taxpayer-Funded Private Jets. Trump\u2019s HHS Sec Was Forced To Resign For Doing That.<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg vacationed in a famous tourist hotspot in Europe as the threat of a rail strike threatened to grind the U.S. economy to a halt. 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