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As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying, ... We put safety first, drove down close calls, grew Air Traffic Control, and had zero commercial airline crash fatalities out of millions of flights on our watch. President Trump now oversees the military and the FAA. One of his first acts was to fire and suspend some of the key personnel who helped keep our skies safe."
We face the unfortunate reality that we must be honest with the nation about: Donald Trump is unfit to lead during moments of crisis like this,
Pritzker said in a statement Thursday night Sloppy J.B. Pritzker… has presided over the destruction and disintegration of Illinois at levels never seen before in any State,
Trump wrote on Truth Social in June Before victims have even been identified, Trump is blaming people with disabilities,
Pritzker said, referring to FAA DEI hiring practices Will the President, Vice President, Defense Secretary, and Transportation Secretary cooperate with the independent NTSB investigation and correct any misinformation they spread about the crash?"
Pritzker demanded to know This was on January 14th, so that was a week before I entered office,
Trump said, seeking to push blame onto the Biden administration Brilliant people have to be in those positions,
Because I have common sense."
When asked how he came to the conclusion that diversity had something to do with the crash, the president said It says FAA ... says people with severe disabilities are most underrepresented segment of the workforce, [they] said, 'They want them in, and they want them, they can be air traffic controllers.' I don't think so. This was January 14, so that was a week before I entered office. They put a big push to put diversity into the FAA's program,
Trump said, according to The Guardian Did DEI play a role in this type of thing?"
Andy Ogles raised the question ... during an interview with Fox Business I don't think it had anything to do with this particular accident. I have concerns about DEI within the FAA and for that matter all the transportation agencies, but I've had that concern now for years,
the Missouri lawmaker said On DEI and the claims you've made, are you saying this crash was somehow caused and the result of diversity hiring?"
NBC's Mary Bruce asked Trump at a White House press briefing on Thursday I think we should wait to see the results of that investigation,
What I've seen so far, do I think this was preventable? Absolutely."
Duffy said of the crash at a Thursday news conference This is just one reason why our Country WAS going to hell!!!
Trump wrote in Friday post It may have, I don't know
But at another point, asked if race and gender played a role in the tragic accident, Trump said The FAA website states they include hearing, vision, missing extremities, partial paralysis, complete paralysis, epilepsy, severe intellectual disability, psychiatric disability and dwarfism all qualified for the position of a controller of air planes pouring into our country, pouring into a little spot
Trump, quoting from the passage as he addressed reporters in the White House Press Briefing room, said Among other things, a diverse group of employees helps bring originality and creativity to our merchandise offerings, promoting the ‘treasure hunt’ that our customers value,
Costco said in its proxy statement to investors At its best, DEI is about developing talent, measuring it in a fair way and finding hidden talent and disadvantaged talent in a world where not everybody has an equal chance to exhibit their abilities,
Ken Frazier, the first Black chief executive of a major pharmaceutical company, told CNN in an October interview It is extremely inappropriate for the President to use this tragedy to push an anti-diversity hiring agenda,
said Jess Davidson, a spokeswoman at the American Association of People with Disabilities
