Buttigieg faces fresh leadership test with Baltimore bridge collapse

The collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge has presented Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg with an opportunity to rehabilitate his image after being the target of Republican criticism for years over his performance.

“Today this is happening in Baltimore. Tomorrow it could be your district,” he said during a White House briefing Wednesday, making an appeal for bipartisanship in Congress. “We really need to stand together, red, blue, and purple, to get these things done.”