On Wednesday night, a deadly air collision between American Eagle Flight 5342 and a U.S. Blackhawk helicopter over the Potomac River resulted in the deaths of 67 people. It was the deadliest crash in this country since November 2001 and the first crash involving a domestic airline nearly 16 years ago in February 2009.
Despite the fact the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hadn't begun its investigation, President Trump wasted no time in telling us what led to the crash - DEI.
The President claimed, "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. This was in the Obama administration.” Trump also claimed former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg ran his department "right into the ground with his diversity."
When challenged to back up his assertions, Trump maintained he has "common sense."
Several members of the Trump Administration continued the DEI dance on the graves of those who perished in the Potomoc namely Vice-President JD Vance, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
VP Vance seemed to be taking a page from the Haitian migrants eating cats and dogs story he created:
If you go back to just some of the headlines over the past 10 years, you have many hundreds of people suing the government because they would like to be air traffic controllers, but they were turned away because of the color of their skin. That policy ends under Donald Trump's leadership because safety is the first priority of our aviation industry.
Given the longstanding shortage of air traffic controllers in this country, Vance's claim doesn't add up.
But they're not supposed to add up. The Trump Administration has created a story, and they are sticking to it. The reason they are sticking to it is because they know there is a significant segment of the country which will accept what they say at face value and will repeat it because that is what they want to hear.
Meanwhile, 67 people are dead and instead of consoling the families of those who perished and providing reassurance, President Trump and his quislings are disregarding their grief so they can use their deaths as a cudgel to scapegoat DEI.
The second Trump Administration is scarcely 10 days old. Today's display of cruelty is but the tip of the iceberg which runs colder than the depths of the Potomac.
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