A fan of all forms of transportation, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg spoke this week at the opening of the long-awaited Metro Silver Line Extension in Washington, D.C., which connects the nation's capital with Dulles International Airport. Aside from that, he's been riding a bicycle (his only mode of transportation if he had to choose one) to work, much to the dismay of his security detail.
In addition, he's been spearheading a new airline accountability initiative, and recently he's been exploring New York City with a Drewber. A Drewber is what Drew Barrymore calls a ride-share segment on her eponymous daytime talk show when she interviews celebrities in the backseat of a car.
Buttigieg did not disappoint in this episode.He and the out talk show host immediately agreed on one of the parental lives' greatest pleasures: the minivan.From the back of a Toyota Sienna, Barrymore asked Buttigieg whether it was true that he and his husband, Chasten, bought a minivan, and upon learning that it was true, she exclaimed, "I love my minivan!""Once you have a door that opens this way," she said, gesturing in a sliding door motion."Oh, you never go back," Buttigieg interjected. "Becoming dads just changed our whole outlook on cars."He explained how the couple plops twin toddlers Gus and Penelope, "one in each bucket seat," adding, "stroller in the back.
It's great!"As many a parent on the go will appreciate, the transportation secretary admitted that the Buttigieg minivan has an average amount of grossness within it."There's today's coffee. There's yesterday's coffee.
And then there's the science experiment," he said with a grin. "And that's just the stuff that the adults are responsible for."On a more serious front,
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