Sky High Lies: Dem Senator Chuck Schumer Says Trump's Crashing Planes To Further Enrich Billionaires

Posted • February 19, 2025: Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) boxed himself into a corner in remarks made on the terrifying crash of the Delta jet that happened Monday at Toronto's Pearson Airport. Miraculously, all 76 passengers and four crew members survived despite the plane awkwardly landing during bad weather and losing a wing, causing it to roll upside down on the tarmac. While everyone on board making it out alive was welcome news, Schumer's .02, in which he blamed the Trump administration's "layoffs" of what Schumer described on the Twitter/X machine as "FAA safety specialists" was not, with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responding accordingly by correctly pointing out 1) the plane was in Canadian airspace, 2) Canadian ATC oversaw the landing, and 3) ATC here in the U.S. had not been fired.

Leavitt, as we also reported, has also pushed back on false reporting by "news" outlets like the Associated Press, observing that "No air traffic controllers nor any professionals who perform safety critical functions were terminated." Further, there is the possibility that pilot error was involved, as my colleague Bonchie talked about Tuesday. In any event, despite the record being set straight, and despite Sec. of Transportion Sean Duffy indicating that "the Transportation Safety Board of Canada will lead the investigation" (with the FAA being en route to assist), Schumer kept at it, lying through his teeth in the process in a floor speech made Wednesday. 🚨 Chuck Schumer doubles down on blaming the Trump White House for plane crash in Toronto while playing dumb about it: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has been clear that ZERO critical safety personnel and air traffic controllers have been fired. (…)

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