have you ever driven in and around atlanta? yes, you have a lot of vehicle miles traveled. republicans traveling more miles, buying more gas. how about the type of vehicle republicans are more likely to have? guess what, new pickup truck sales, the top ten states of pickup truck sales? all red states. the pickup truck a necessity to do work. add all this up, the type of vehicle you need, the miles traveled. you can see why the issue of gas prices really is more of a republican issue than a democratic issue, which may explain why the white house urgency on this has been a bit less and the republican urgency a bit more. when we come back, the growing speculation over whether vice president harris or pete buttigieg will end up running for president in 2024. stick with us. align. fast acting biotic gummies helps soothes occasional abdominal discomfort, gas, and bloating and it works fast. in as little as 7 days try fast acting biotic gummies
how did this become so i think in this environment today, you are unlikely to see at least any state where republicans hold any levers of power, a winding back of any of these laws. when you ask voters do they feel more concerned about crimes, about their own personal safety, the answer is yes. after big shootings, after big crises, you see sales of guns go up. so this you know, two years ago, we had talks of bipartisan criminal justice reform and these sorts of things, and we re a long ways away from where we were two years ago. i m going to assume in about a month we re going to all hear about gun sales and what happened after this verdict. i have a feeling we all know which way the arrow is going to move. when we come back, covid cases back on the rise. has the government done enough to combat disinformation about mandates and vaccines. that s among the questions i have for transportation secretary pete buttigieg. he joins me next. ugh
transportation secretary, pete buttigieg.hi and the new covid surge. i m worried that people are going to die and they never had a chance at getting a bed. new cases averaging near ri 100,000 a day, this as the government endorses pfizer and moderna boosters for all adults. joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell, the reverend al sharpton, host of politicsnation on msnbc, republican pollster kristen soltis anderson, and civil rights attorney david henderson. welcome to sunday. it s meet the press. good sunday morning.e this past week we got more evidence of just how divided t we ve become as a country. on friday, wisconsin jury found kyle rittenhouse not guilty on all counts of shooting three r
it s a tightrope. when you talk to people in her circle, they say she hears this chatter, she knows there are these concerns. she s trying to avoid that noise and focus on the work. they point to her trip to france. they talk about her hosting world leaders, doing speeches, and working on behalf of some of the legislative things. at the same time, we often hear president biden talk about how barack obama chose him to be the front man on the recovery act years ago and how pivotal it was. he didn t choose the vice president do that for infrastructure. pete buttigieg is part of that. mitch landrieu has been brought in, others. he did give her volatile topics like immigration and voting rights, which right now don t have the votes to move in legislative ways. so those are all magnets for more criticism from the right. so she has a portfolio that makes her perhaps drag in more criticism, and she s trying to not outshine the president, and at the same time she is struggling with that noise.
including the verdict. for a lot of us, a lot to be upset about and concerned about, but we ll move forward as a country. this president continues to believe, and this administration continues to believe in america. we ve got to continue working to bring americans together. pete buttigieg, secretary of transportation, we got to a lot of different topics. i appreciate you coming on and sharing the administration s and your perspective. thank you. have a good thanksgiving. when we come back, why where you live and how you vote says a lot about how much high gas prices impact you. stay with us. a do. turns out everyone does sound better in the shower. and it turns out the general is a quality insurance company that s been saving people money for nearly 60 years. cause it s the only thing i wanna do shaq: (singing in background) can t unhear that. for a great low rate, and nearly 60 years of quality coverage - make the right call and go with the general.