California congresswoman blames Trump for deadly mid-air collision

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Even Trump said the cause was unknown, saying, 'We'll get to the bottom of it.' Trump, on his part, suggested on Thursday that it was diversity and inclusion efforts that were to blame for the crash The collision happened at around 9 p.m. when a regional jet at the end of a flight from Wichita, Kansas, collided with a military helicopter on a training exercise, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
46% : What would Fox News cover for the next two weeks?' A third added: 'I wonder what cocktail [new Secretary of Defense] Pete Hegseth was on when the military helicopter hit the AA plane?' Trump, for his part, suggested on Thursday that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) were to blame for the crash.
37% : User Karly Kingsley said: 'Just to recap: prices are worse, planes are colliding, we've been spitting on the Constitution, citizens have less rights then they did last week, we're building concentration camps...BUT.. the good news is that children in schools are scared for a reason other than bullets for a change.' Another user, who goes by 'Democracy Skies in Blueness- Resist, added: 'I'm not blaming Trump for last night's plane crash but imagine if Biden fired 100 FAA officers a week prior to a plane crash.
22% : His government is trying to kill us, not keep us safe.' The social media site BlueSky, where many liberals have fled in protest of Elon Musk's X, was filled with posts blaming Trump for the catastrophe.
16% : You can't have regular people doing their job.' Trump also harshly criticized former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
12% : Democratic California congresswoman claimed that president Donald Trump is to blame for the deadly mid-air collision in Washington DC Rescue teams search the wreckage of a commercial airplane that collided with a military helicopter 'The FAA is actively recruiting workers who suffer severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems, and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative spelled out on the agency's website,' said Trump, noting that the program allowed for the hiring of people with hearing and vision issues as well as paralysis, epilepsy and 'dwarfism.' Trump said air traffic controllers needed to be geniuses.
9% : 'I blame Donald Trump and his entire administration for this horrific crash and the deaths of all involved,' Rep. Sydney Kamlager said on X of the tragedy that left 67 dead on Wednesday night.
5% : 'That guy's a real winner,' Trump said sarcastically of Buttigieg, before adding, 'He's a disaster.' Trump blamed federal diversity and inclusion promotion efforts he said were championed under Buttigieg for standards slipping.

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