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Joe Biden’s failed Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg blamed President Trump for the helicopter-plane collision near Reagan Airport.
An American Airlines flight carrying approximately 64 souls collided with a Blackhawk helicopter near Washington D.C. Reagan National Airport (DCA) last Wednesday evening.
All 67 people perished.
Buttigieg blamed Trump even though there have been aviation staffing shortages for years. 285 of the 313 air traffic control facilities are dealing with staffing shortages.
The FAA turned away 1,000 air traffic controller applicants because of Marxist DEI policies, but Buttigieg blamed the crash on Trump.
“They can’t spin this away. The Trump administration contacted air traffic controllers, offering buyouts to leave their jobs. It’s a very easily proven fact,” Buttigieg said.
This is a lie. Air traffic controllers were NOT ELIGIBLE for Trump’s buyout offer.
They can’t spin this away. The Trump administration contacted air traffic controllers, offering buyouts to leave their jobs. It’s a very easily proven fact.
— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) February 2, 2025
A preliminary FAA report indicated that staffing at the DCA Air Traffic Control tower was “not normal” at the time of the helicopter-plane collision.
According to NBC News, at the time of the collision, one controller was overseeing both helicopter and airplane traffic.
Typically, one controller focuses on helicopter activity.
Webcam video from the Kennedy Center showed the Blackhawk helicopter flying right into the American Airlines plane.
WATCH:
Webcam at the Kennedy Center caught an explosion mid-air across the Potomac. https://t.co/v75sxitpH6 pic.twitter.com/HInYdhBYs5
— Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) January 30, 2025
Additionally, one of the Blackhawk helicopter co-pilots was revealed to be 28-year-old Rebecca Lobach, a White House aide (DEI?) for Joe Biden.
Rebecca Lobach
Buttigieg was roasted for lying about the buyouts. Air traffic controllers were not included in the federal buyout offer.
You were on maternity leave playing pretend chestfeeding during most of the last four years when you could’ve been addressing the ATC shortage. STFU and sit down.
— Bad Hombre (@joma_gc) February 2, 2025
You should be in jail Pete Buttigieg.
Your perverse obsession with identity over ability is why the FAA collapsed under Joe Biden.
You’re a disgraceful DEI hire who caused countless disasters in the US while you served as Secretary of Transportation.
Thankfully you got fired.
— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) February 2, 2025
You didn’t even read your own article. “An official for the Office for Personnel Management, the U.S. government’s human resources arm, said Friday that controllers weren’t eligible for the resignation plan or subject to the hiring freeze across much of the rest of federal…
— murd4 (@murderof4Crows) February 2, 2025
Obama left 1000 qualified ATCs in the wind because they were white males.
— Dr. Michael Jones (@TruthorConseq12) February 2, 2025
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