White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt ripped Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for blaming President Donald Trump for the Delta airliner that crash-landed upside-down in Toronto.
Throughout an interview on “America Stories” on Tuesday, she blasted the lawmaker for saying that Trump’s current cuts to the Federal Aviation Administration’s workforce contributed to the accident.
“It’s extremely irresponsible for Chuck Schumer to say such a factor when the investigation continues to be underway,” Leavitt mentioned.
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White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt ripped Sen. Chuck Schumer for saying President Trump is guilty for the airline crash at an airport in Toronto this week. (Fox Information Channel )
A Delta Air Traces airplane that departed from Minneapolis-Saint Paul Airport on Monday crashed upon touchdown at Toronto Pearson Worldwide Airport. Video of the incident confirmed the airplane touching down and rolling over onto its prime aspect amid an eruption of flames.
Footage of the crash’s aftermath confirmed the airplane upside-down as passengers scrambled out of the passenger doorways. All 80 passengers survived the crash, though 18 have been injured, three of whom suffered essential accidents.
The crash sparked some political debate on X, with Schumer pointing the finger at Trump for what occurred. In a sequence of posts, he said, “I’m grateful that everybody within the flight incident in Toronto that took off from Minneapolis is protected, however we preserve seeing these incidents day after day. In the meantime, Trump’s doing huge layoffs on the FAA – together with security specialists – and making our skies much less and fewer protected.”
“Democrats are preventing to guard the flying public,” he added. In a subsequent submit, Schumer wrote, “To these asking whether or not it issues that the airplane’s vacation spot was in Canada: The flight took off from Minneapolis. The FAA was nonetheless chargeable for inspecting the aviation tools, and Trump simply let go of FAA security specialists.”
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Schumer’s social media posts got here within the wake of Trump blaming Biden-era FAA requirements for contributing to the lethal crash between an American Airways airplane and an Military helicopter that killed 67 individuals at Ronald Reagan Washington Nationwide Airport final month.
Leavitt repeatedly pushed again towards the senator and dissected his claims. She started by noting that Canadian air-traffic controllers have been chargeable for directing the airplane on the time of the crash.
Talking to “America Stories” co-anchor John Roberts, she mentioned, “And as you rightfully identified, John, this crash sadly happened in Canadian airspace with Canadian air-traffic controllers overseeing it.”
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A Delta Air Traces airplane heading from Minneapolis to Toronto crashed at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, Monday Feb. 17, 2025. (Teresa Barbieri/The Canadian Press through AP)
She then disputed the purpose about Trump firing FAA officers. “And the information in regards to the FAA are that no air-traffic controllers have been let go by Secretary Duffy or this new administration. In reality, Secretary Duffy has put nice emphasis on hiring the most effective and the brightest air-traffic controllers who need to be a part of the FAA,” she argued.
“And President Trump signed a really sturdy government order to make sure that the FAA and all federal authorities businesses are targeted on advantage and skill-based hiring,” she continued. “We would like the most effective and the brightest, essentially the most competent people in positions particularly of public security on the FAA, the Division of Transportation, and all departments throughout this federal authorities, so we are able to greatest serve the American individuals.”
Leavitt concluded her level by accusing former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and the Biden administration of getting “sat on their arms when it got here to aviation security for 4 years.”
