Pete Buttigieg: “I could assure you our Maritime Administration team works diligently on applications that come through.”

But this is the ugliest thing that has happened to me since my career in service began.

They should be worrying about what kind of ice cream they’re getting this afternoon, not why they are being brought into a meeting with a grownup asking strange questions or why their Papa is suddenly unavailable to read them a bedtime…

He is, if not single-handedly responsible, certainly the person most responsible for EV excellence on American soil. And he’s saying, what the fuck? And I don’t blame him for that.

There’s no going back to the old status quo, nor should we try