(KRON) — Bay Space Rep. Eric Swalwell slammed President Donald Trump’s response to the lethal air catastrophe close to Washington D.C. Wednesday evening as “clownish.” Throughout a digital information convention Thursday, Swalwell (D-Livermore) praised air site visitors controllers and first responders.
“These air traffic controllers work so hard, every day and night under very intense, stressful circumstances to keep us safe and we must make sure that they are always properly staffed,” he stated.
He additionally pointed the finger at Trump’s current firing of aviation officers.
“We must look at President Trump’s firing of critical officials at the FAA, at TSA and other aviation agencies as to what role that could’ve contributed to in this crash.”
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Nevertheless, the East Bay rep who ran unsuccessfully for president in 2019, had the harshest phrases for Trump suggesting that DEI initiatives had been in some way an element within the tragic crash wherein 67 individuals misplaced their lives.
“But I also want to dismiss, debunk, and disavow what the president said this morning. As search and rescue teams were still in the water recovering bodies, the President of the United States did not become a consoler in chief,” Swalwell stated. “He became somebody who weaponized disinformation to politicize this awful event. He blamed the crash on DEI. That is absurd. It’s clownish. And the only reason somebody would say something so absurd and so clownish is because they are incompetent.”
“They don’t have the ability to lead in a crisis like this or the strategic thinking and ability to execute on a plan to make us safe,” he continued. “So, they fall back on an alibi of DEI. With this gang, with Donald Trump and many of his MAGA colleagues in Congress, the only formula they know is noun, verb, DEI, and they project that on to every crisis.”
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“In the last 24 hours since this crash, first responders showed up immediately. Police officers showed up. Paramedics showed up. Firefighters showed up. The military showed up. Families showed up looking for loved ones. The community has shown up to help those who lost lives,” the congressman continued.
“The only person who we expected to show up — the President of the United States — has not. And it’s time for him to show up. What he does in the coming days will determine whether Americans go to an airport with anxiety, or they go there with confidence that they will be safe.”
Restoration operations are nonetheless ongoing following the lethal crash that noticed an Military helicopter collide with an American Airways passenger jet. No less than 28 our bodies have thus far been pulled from the icy waters of the Potomac River.
