Thank you for tuning in to another episode of the Bakari Sellers podcast.

Today we'll be interviewing somebody who's pretty dope. Desmond Mead, I hope you all

listen to his story by his book for sure but understand where he's come from and we'll talk

about everything that he's been through and Florida politics which in itself is a whole

another mouthful but before we get to Desmond I wanted to talk about

normalizing paternity leave yeah it's it's kind of crazy but we're going to talk

about normalizing paternity leave and pushing back against the nonsense that

we've seen from Conservatives around my good friend and Transportation Secretary

Pete Budajid's taking paternity leave after the birth of his new twins. Here's the

Tucker Carlson clip. But still the White House does not seem concerned.

Pete Buttigudge has been on leave from his job since August after adopting a

child.

Paternity leave, they call it, trying to figure out how to breastfeed.

No word on how that went.

But now he's back in office as the Transportation Secretary, he's deeply amused he says to see

that dozens of containerships can't get into this country.

And now you get a chance to hear my friend Secretary Budajich and his response.

I guess he just doesn't understand the concept of bottle feeding let alone the concept of

paternity leave. But what's really strange is that you know this is from a side of the aisle that used to claim the mantle of being pro-family.

What we have right now is an administration that's actually pro-family and I'm blessed to be able to experience that you know as an employee

Now y'all all know I loathe loathe to give Tucker Carlson any air time because practically he's trash.

But I want to take a moment here to first congratulate Pete and Chastin

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