Whitey Ford
01-31-2025, 02:20 AM
Trump speaks about D.C. plane crash and points blame at DEI (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/watch-live-trump-to-speak-on-dc-plane-crash/)
He criticized the Biden administration and attacked diversity initiatives, claiming that he had increased standards for those who work within aviation.
"I put safety first. Obama, Biden and the Democrats put policy first," Mr. Trump claimed.
He took aim at what he claimed was an "FAA diversity push includes focus on hiring people with severe intellectual and psychiatric disabilities. That is amazing, and then it says FAA says people with severe disabilities are most underrepresented segment of the workforce, and they want them in, and they want them. They can be air traffic controllers. I don't think so," he said.
"Brilliant people have to be in those positions," he said. "....And you need a very special talent, and a very special genius, to be able to do it."
He criticized the Biden administration and attacked diversity initiatives, claiming that he had increased standards for those who work within aviation.
"I put safety first. Obama, Biden and the Democrats put policy first," Mr. Trump claimed.
He took aim at what he claimed was an "FAA diversity push includes focus on hiring people with severe intellectual and psychiatric disabilities. That is amazing, and then it says FAA says people with severe disabilities are most underrepresented segment of the workforce, and they want them in, and they want them. They can be air traffic controllers. I don't think so," he said.
"Brilliant people have to be in those positions," he said. "....And you need a very special talent, and a very special genius, to be able to do it."