President Trump HAS gone Racial on his crash response …
A Republican overseeing the FAA has dismissed Trump’s view….
And cautioned that the Government’s NTSB should be allowed to do it’s job free of political leaning….
Rep. Sam Graves, the Missouri Republican in charge of overseeing the Federal Aviation Administration in the House, said Friday that diversity initiatives at the agency had nothing to do with a crash between a commercial airplane and an Army helicopter that killed 67 people earlier this week.
In an interview with POLITICO, Graves, who chairs the House Transportation Committee and is an experienced private pilot who is rated to fly a commercial airplane, said many questions remain about just what caused the crash. He urged allowing investigators to do their work — but said that he doesn’t believe DEI initiatives played a role, despite insistence to the contrary from President Donald Trump and some others in the GOP.
“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,” Graves said.
Graves noted that the pilots involved were experienced and that there was a “separation issue” between the helicopter and airline that needs to be further investigated. He also said it’s important to wait until all the facts are uncovered before even beginning to consider whether a legislative fix is appropriate.
Graves also sought to reassure a jittery public, saying “air travel is absolutely safe….
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Graves also said he didn’t believe that a recent memo issued by the Trump administration freezing federal hiring with some exceptions (including for “public safety”) applied to air traffic controllers. (An aide for Graves clarified that it did not apply.)…
Note….
Graves seems to say that the Army Helo pilot WAS flying higher than the space calls for ….
The area IS a High Air traffic area….
Race is often right below the surface in Trumps various tirades.
And it’s not accidental at all.
Trump well knows his audience and how to push their buttons.
Indeed….
It IS how he got elected…..