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We will see if that continues in the new administration,
Diehl told CNN’s Brianna Keilar I would just note the president’s leadership has been remarkable during this crisis,
newly confirmed Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said In moments like this, the differences between Americans fade to nothing compared to the bonds of affection and loyalty that unite us all, both as Americans and even as nations,
Trump said, in a moving statement that spoke to his potential as a healer at times of national stress We will not accept passing the buck,
he said, moments after Trump assigned full blame for the accident Certainly, for an air traffic controller, we want the brightest, the smartest, the sharpest. We want somebody that’s psychologically superior, and that’s what we’re going to have,
We have to have our smartest people. It doesn’t matter what they look like, how they speak, who they are,
I put safety first. Obama, Biden and the Democrats put policy first, and they put politics at a level that nobody’s ever seen, because this was the lowest level,
The era of DEI is gone at the defence department and we need the best and brightest.”
Despicable. As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying … One of [Trump’s] first acts was to fire and suspend some of the key personnel who helped keep our skies safe.”
After Thursday’s debacle, Buttigieg responded on the X social media platform It just could have been,
teased the president, who has spent the first 10 days of his presidency hammering DEI in government and beyond He’s run it right into the ground with his diversity.”
You made an important point that when we deal with safety, we can only accept the best and the brightest in positions of safety that impact the lives of our loved ones, our family members,
It is not standard to have aircraft collide. I want to be clear on that."
He struggled through a separate Thursday morning press briefing, telling reporters the obvious line This was a dark and excruciating night in our nation’s capital,
he said during the sober remarks No, I don't think so at all. The names of the people — you mean the names of the people that are on the plane? You think that's going to make a difference? They are a group of people that have lost their lives,
Trump said, saying a list would be released soon I’m not trying to be political here, but the information that came out...it was not accurate. It undermined the honesty of the investigation,
I’ve been an investigator for 35 years, investigating aircraft accidents, and when you talk about standards, what we just saw does not meet the published international standards of providing information in the wake of an accident,
Jeff Guzzetti, a former investigator for the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board, told MSNBC That guy's a real winner…he’s a disaster
I can't imagine people with 2020 vision, not seeing what's happening up there."
In addition to DEI programs among air traffic controllers, Trump also blamed a "pilot problem" in the helicopter and bad eyesight FAA employees with disabilities did not cause last night’s tragic plane crash,
the American Association of People with Disabilities said in a statement
