Transportation chief blames DEI and Biden for ongoing air safety woes

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy went on Fox News to blame President Joe Biden and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for aviation safety issues that have worsened under Donald Trump’s bumbling administration.

“The infrastructure bill under Joe Biden, $1.2 trillion,” Duffy told Fox News host Martha MacCallum. “They sent only $5 billion to fix air traffic control. And of the $5 billion, Pete Buttigieg spent less than $1 billion to fix this problem. Instead, he was focused on racist roads and changing the name of ‘cockpit’ to ‘flight deck’ or ‘air man’ to ‘aeronaut.’ Stupid stuff,” he babbled.

That’s some choice spin from a guy who joined 179 other Republican House members in voting to defund the Federal Aviation Administration in 2019. Yes, the FAA is the agency tasked with keeping airplanes from crashing.

As recently as May 2, Duffy was trying to bribe retiring air traffic controllers to stay on the job, part of a desperate bid to stop the bleeding caused by the Trump administration’s chaotic purges of the federal government. But no one had high expectations for the former reality TV personality who is scarily unqualified for the job of transportation secretary—even if he did star in MTV’s “Road Rules.”

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/7/2320891/-Transportation-chief-blames-DEI-and-Biden-for-ongoing-air-safety-woes

The Trump kakistocracy rolls on.

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1. Blaming others for their own failings

The Trump regime is infested with infantile buffoons

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3. Duffys probably close

To resigning for personal reasons. I didn’t know this job required competence and leadership abilities. I thought being an obedient toadie was enough. Fox can’t drag me across the finish line.

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2. I look forward to Sean

Challenging Pete to a debate based on facts and not hyperbole. Did I miss a gop solution being offered? They’ve done so much in 100 days surely a quick fix was included. And no mention of inefficient ATCs being fired? Gosh what does one do when one is in charge? The right thing or the trump thing?

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4. Then why didn't they occur while Biden was in office? Why did they begin this year?

These clowns are weaponizing reality in a campaign of hatred.

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5. Why didn't

trump, in his first term, do something about air traffic control issues as well as the outdated equipment. Same goes for George Bush 2 and Obama as well.