Pete Buttigieg slams Donald Trump’s press conference about plane tragedy: “Despicable”
President Trump now oversees the military and the…The 64 passengers and crew of the American Airlines flight and the three crew of the Black Hawk military helicopter perished in the crash near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
When pressed as to why he believed DEI was to blame, and despite investigators still determining a cause for the crash, Trump told reporters it was “common sense.”He blasted both the Biden and Obama administrations for changes at the FAA.“A group within the FAA determined that the workforce was too white, then they had concerted efforts to get the administration to change that and to change it immediately,” Trump said. “This was in the Obama administration.”We don’t yet know the names of the 67 people we were killed, and you are blaming Democrats and DEI policies and Air Traffic Control and, seemingly, the member of the US military flying that Black Hawk helicopter.
Don't you think you're getting ahead of the investigation? Trump:… pic.twitter.com/OQtVA3tdBeButtigieg was just one of many stunned by Trump’s press conference.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (TX) highlighted the fact that the former Chief of the Federal Aviation Administration resigned on January 20th.
