Disaster On Fox News As Top House Republican Accidentally Admits That Trump Is To Blame For Ground Stop
House Republican Whip Tom Emmer admitted that the Trump administration never asked for money for the system upgrades, and when Emmer realized what he had done, he blamed Pete Buttigieg.
Democrats are going to be investigating the FAA ground stop that happened yesterday, and according to the Trump administration, it is going to make a mess out of air traffic in the United States through Sunday night.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he needs $50 billion from Congress for system upgrades, but Fox News had some good questions for House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) as to why the DOT didn’t get those funds over the last two years when Republicans controlled Congress.
When Emmer was asked about Duffy’s request for more cash, he said on Fox News:
I would argue that Congress has been making this a priority. This is why we put $13 billion in the big beautiful bill more than a year ago. More is needed but I think when it comes to this second national ground stop since 9/11.
I trust Secretary Duffy. I think Congress is gonna wanna know some more information. And then we're gonna have to figure out if our new colleagues on the other side of the aisle have any interest in the safety of the American people.
Cause I'll tell you what, the Republican majorities and Donald Trump and his cabinet, that has been the number one goal in these first two years of the- ... Trump second administration. We're gonna have to finish the job to make sure Americans are safe.