Sean Duffy
Appearances
The MeidasTouch Podcast
GOP Gets Shut Down as Dems Finally Go Nuclear
To cast blame on this administration for the policy failures of the last four years and say it's our fault is outrageous, but it's rich. So I want to talk quickly about the FAA. So it's true that less than 400 people were laid off at the FAA. There's 45,000 employees there. So this is 0.89%.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
GOP Gets Shut Down as Dems Finally Go Nuclear
But again, air crashes happen, but they were more under Biden than Donald Trump. But the point here is we want to get to a place where we have zero crashes. We don't want people to die in aircraft, which is why what I've done is focus on how do you upgrade the system? But Will, you look at what's happened The airspace around DCA, that was allowed to stay open under the last administration.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
GOP Gets Shut Down as Dems Finally Go Nuclear
The inspections that were done of the aircraft that have crashed, that was done under the last administration. So it is rich that they would come at this administration for the mistakes that they've made and blame us for the crashes. We're going to fix what they refused to fix over the course of their four years. And that's the mission of this department.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
Fox News in Total Panic as Trump Approval Falls
But again, air crashes happen, but they were more under Biden than than Donald Trump. But the point here is we want to get to a place where we have zero crashes. We don't want people to die in aircraft. which is why what I've done is focus on how do you upgrade the system? But, Will, you look at what's happened. The airspace around DCA, that was allowed to stay open under the last administration.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
Fox News in Total Panic as Trump Approval Falls
The inspections that were done of the aircraft that have crashed, that was done under the last administration. So it is rich that they would come at this administration for the mistakes that they've made and blame us for the crashes. We're going to fix what they refused to fix over the course of their four years, and that's the mission of this department.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
Panicked White House Holds Disaster Mid-Day Briefing
And no rail has been built. So if you want to go protest somewhere, if you want to shout at someone, go to the governor's mansion. Go talk to Democrats in the legislature who have brought us this crappy project. Right, so we've seen over the course of the last month what Doge has exposed with regard to fraud, waste, and abuse. And we're done with it. And you know what?
The MeidasTouch Podcast
Panicked White House Holds Disaster Mid-Day Briefing
You're going to have people who love fraud, who love waste, who love trains to nowhere. But all of us up here, we do not love fraud, waste, and abuse. We are going to use the taxpayer money efficiently and effectively. And this is a boondocker. There is, and again, I would love if they built rail. It was supposed to be done in 2020.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
Panicked White House Holds Disaster Mid-Day Briefing
Yeah, so the question was in regard to FAA layoffs. So to be clear, the FAA has 46,000 employees. This was, I think, 352 employees. And the employees that were laid off were employed for less than a year. So these are not the highest skilled members of the FAA.