# "Trump blames Biden's D.E.I. policy for air crash" (NY headline) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [January 30, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632 "2025-01-30T18:41:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632/21 "2025-01-30T20:49:43Z")
These cruel, heartless lies by Trump and his evil surrogates about this tragedy have finally pushed me over the limit. Every time I think this orange polyp on the anus of humanity has gone as low as he can go, he manages to dig himself further into the slime. For my own sanity, I’m just going to have to call a moratorium on reading about this wretched scumbag. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632/22 "2025-01-30T20:55:16Z")
Shades of [Clarke and Dawe “The Front Fell Off”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM&t=1s) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632/23 "2025-01-30T21:27:57Z")
A real POTUS, if pushed to give a response, would say that they feel terrible for the victims’ families and that it is a tragedy, and will give all support they can to the investigation and any changes that experts say must be made to prevent a similar tragedy from happening in the future. Trump says, “I only heard about this 5 seconds ago but I know Woke did it.” ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632/24 "2025-01-30T21:49:06Z")
Trump may be wrong that Biden’s DEI programs caused this accident, but he is not wrong that the Biden Administration’s actions are directly responsible for this accident. David Sirota explains. > [@](#): > > Months before Wednesday night’s fatal midair collision of an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter in Washington, lawmakers brushed off safety warnings amid midflight near-misses and passed an industry-backed measure designed to add additional flight traffic at the same D.C. airport where the Jan. 29 disaster unfolded. > > Soon after a March 2023 near collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, House lawmakers considered a provision to increase the number of flights allowed at the facility. It is one of only two airports in the country owned by the federal government, giving Congress unique authority over its operations. > > The legislation was supported by lawmakers seeking more direct flights to their home states and airlines eager for expanded routes. It was opposed by lawmakers who asserted that the airport was already overstressed by flight volume in the capital region’s busy airspace. > > “The bill just proposed would go far beyond past attempts to expand slots at [the Reagan Airport], dangerously overloading the airport’s operational capacity to benefit one airline,” Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) told the Washington Post at the time. “The very title of the ‘Direct Access To The Capital Act’ gives the game away that this bill is written to maximize the personal convenience of a comparatively small number of powerful, well-connected individuals at the expense of safety and efficiency of flights — which should be our top priority.” … > > The measure was narrowly voted down. However, less than a year later, a similar provision was added to a 2024 Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill. The measure prompted new warnings from lawmakers concerned that the airport near the U.S. capital was already overstressed and additional flights could create dangerous conditions. > > “Yesterday, [the Reagan Airport] experienced a close call as two planes narrowly avoided a collision. This incident echoes a similar incident in March 2023 where two planes almost collided on DCA’s runway,” said Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) in April 2024 as the bill was being finalized. “These near-misses underscore the critical need to safeguard the airport from additional flight operations. The safety of the public should be of the utmost concern in the [Federal Aviation Administration] bill, and increasing slots at this airport undermines that safety.” … > > “Every federal and regional entity involved in operations at [the Reagan Airport] warns of negative impacts for safety, delays, and cancellations from these changes. Ignoring these warnings is foolish and dangerous. We strenuously object to added traffic at [the Reagan Airport], which is already dramatically over capacity.” > > President Joe Biden signed the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill into law in May 2024. The Transportation Department began awarding new slots this past December. … > > The recently increased flights at Reagan Airport come amid a nationwide shortage of air traffic controllers. A 2023 Transportation Department report found that staffing levels for air traffic controllers declined by 10 percent from 2013 to 2023 and that the Federal Aviation Administration “continues to face staffing challenges and lacks a plan to address them.” > **[Before D.C. Airport Collision, Lawmakers Brushed Off Warnings And Boosted...](https://www.levernews.com/before-d-c-airport-collision-lawmakers-brushed-off-warnings-and-boosted-flights/)** > > Despite midflight near-misses and dire pleas, airline-bankrolled lawmakers recently expanded flight traffic at Washington’s busy airport. 🤷🏼‍♀️ ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632/25 "2025-01-30T21:59:13Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > Trump may be wrong that Biden’s DEI programs caused this accident, but he is not wrong that the Biden Administration’s actions are directly responsible for this accident. David Sirota explains. A good argument can be made about Biden’s role in this tragedy, though your own citation states that a Republican-led House failed to push through a bill proposing to resolve the issue in 2023. There is plenty of blame to go around in a thoughtful discussion. You’re not going to get that discussion in this political environment. There doesn’t seem to be any effort from the new administration to actually try to resolve the issue. It doesn’t fit the Project 2025 agenda. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632/26 "2025-01-30T22:18:36Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > Trump may be wrong that Biden’s DEI programs caused this accident, but he is not wrong that the Biden Administration’s actions are directly responsible for this accident. David Sirota explains. Wow, that is quiet the stretch. That bill was not specifically to authorize the additional slots ar Reagan - that is addressed in one page of a 409 page bill. Specifically starting on page 163 and ending on page 164, tucked between section 501 “ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF AVIATION CONSUMER PROTECTION” and section 503 “Refunds for cancelled or significantly delayed or changed flights”. Plus the bill passed the house 387-26 and the senate 88-4 - way beyond veto-proof majorities. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632/27 "2025-01-30T22:37:59Z")
How did I know last night that it would be Bieeeden’s fault? I’ll bet stuff that all these idiot cabinet members screw up months or years from now will obvs be Biden’s fault. Amirite? ---
**Author:** ![Jay\_Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632/28 "2025-01-30T22:43:52Z")
This is Fascism 101. The others will be blamed for everything, even things they had nothing to do with, in order to continue to escalate. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632/29 "2025-01-30T22:44:15Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > I’m glad he cleared that part up. Harkens back to Trump saying: “This is a tough hurricane, one of the wettest we’ve ever seen, from the standpoint of water.” ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632/30 "2025-01-30T22:56:40Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > Wow, that is quiet the stretch. That bill was not specifically to authorize the additional slots ar Reagan - that is addressed in one page of a 409 page bill. Specifically starting on page 163 and ending on page 164, tucked between section 501 “ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF AVIATION CONSUMER PROTECTION” and section 503 “Refunds for cancelled or significantly delayed or changed flights”. > > Plus the bill passed the house 387-26 and the senate 88-4 - way beyond veto-proof majorities. Don’t care. You want to blame the feckless Democrats too? I’m all for that. The fact Still Remains that the increased traffic despite how dangerous it was was pushed through and signed into law under Biden. This accident isn’t on Trump no matter how anyone wants to spin it. And I say that someone who loathes him. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632/31 "2025-01-30T23:06:51Z")
Oh, I’m not blaming trump. I just think him rushing the camaras before any real info is out was a disgusting performance. Blaming Biden and ahemm, people-twump-sees-as-unqualified i.e. not white christian cis male maga trump worshipping trolls was beyond sick. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632/32 "2025-01-30T23:16:06Z")
> [@LouMa](#): > > I just can’t understand why a majority of Americans voted for somebody to be their president who completely lacks any ethic qualities. Those who voted for him were not only white supremacists. How could you vote for a president who despises you? As I posted a few weeks ago: > [@I pit America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-america/1009759/195): > > A good friend posted that he ran into an undocumented worker that his son’s construction company occasionally gives work to (my friend does bookkeeping and errands for his son). The guy told him how excited he was that Trump won. When asked why, he said because Trump would do so much for the economy! He had no conception of what his fate was going to be. Likely his fate would have been the same under any administration nowadays, but just goes to show the mindset of people. People seem to see only what they want to see. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632/33 "2025-01-30T23:22:24Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > This accident isn’t on Trump no matter how anyone wants to spin it. _Who_ here has said the accident was on Trump??? The only complaint here is that Trump assigned blame to women and minorities - you know, DEI hires. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632/34 "2025-01-30T23:27:01Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > _Who_ here has said the accident was on Trump??? The only complaint here is that Trump assigned blame to women and minorities - you know, DEI hires. I see lots of finger pointing. And I said at the jump he’s wrong to blame DEI hires for this. He’s a buffoon though, so what did anyone expect? Is there anyone who thinks he grew decorum over the past few weeks? Ha. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632/35 "2025-01-30T23:29:40Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > The only complaint here is that Trump assigned blame to women and minorities - you know, DEI hires. He said the same thing about the F.S. Key Bridge collapse last March. As I understand his “argument” in both cases, he’s claiming that D.E.I. led to people being hired and/or promoted who couldn’t do the job, an assumption obviously offensive on more than one level. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632/36 "2025-01-30T23:32:12Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > The fact Still Remains that the increased traffic despite how dangerous it was was pushed through and signed into law under Biden. The accident was NOT the result of increased traffic of commercial jets, i.e. the jets transporting the corrupt Congress members to which you allude. It was the result of the presence of one commercial jet and one military training helicopter. Your entire argument falls apart when we look at the actual facts. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632/37 "2025-01-30T23:50:14Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > I see lots of finger pointing. I’m sorry, _where_? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632/38 "2025-01-30T23:51:00Z")
It’s like trump gathers up his closest advisers every morning and asks them how he can be a bigger asshole than the day before. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632/39 "2025-01-30T23:51:23Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > It was the result of the presence of one commercial jet and one military training helicopter. Now they’re saying that there was only one air traffic controller on duty instead of the usual 2. Whether that was the cause, I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632/40 "2025-01-31T00:01:49Z")
It’s not just Trump who was blaming D.E.I. Trump, at his [news conference](https://www.rev.com/transcripts/trump-speaks-on-d-c-plane-crash), called on the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Defense, and the Vice-President, each of whom replayed Trump’s D.E.I. blame game with Stalinist flattery of the old man. Duffy: > [@](#): > > You made an important point that when we deal with safety, we can only accept the best and the brightest in positions of safety that impact the lives of our loved ones, our family members. And I think you make a really important point on that, Mr. President. That is the motto of your presidency, the best and the brightest, the most intelligent coming into these spaces. Hegseth: > [@](#): > > I want to echo what the transportation secretary said about your leadership. . . . The era of DEI is gone at the Defense Department and we need the best and brightest . . . So thank you for your leadership and courage on that, sir, and we’ll stand by you on it. Thank you. Vance: > [@](#): > > Something the president said that I think bears reemphasizing, which is that when you don’t have the best standards in who you’re hiring, it means, on the one hand, you’re not getting the best people in government, but on the other hand, it puts stresses on the people who are already there. And I think that is a core part of what President Trump is going to bring . . they were turned away because of the color of their skin. That policy ends under Donald Trump’s leadership [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632.md?page=3)