Tim Kaine Shares 1 Reason Why Trump Blamed DEI Hiring For Deadly Plane Crash
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The Democratic senator said the president had good reason to promote the baseless theory.
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Sunday suggested that President Donald Trump’s move to blame last week’s midair collision of a passenger jet with a military helicopter in Washington, D.C., on diversity hiring was a calculated decision to distract from his own administration’s failings.
In an interview with CNN’s “State of the Union,” the senator blasted Trump for singling out DEI as the main cause of the crash in the early hours of the tragedy, calling his words “absolutely stomach-turning.”
The senator, though, explained that Trump had good reason to share the baseless theory, which has also since been adopted by Vice President JD Vance.
“I think the president didn’t want to be asked tough questions like, why did you let Elon Musk force the FAA administrator to resign? When this crash happened, there was no FAA administrator because he had clashed with Elon Musk.”
Mike Whitaker, the former head of the FAA, left the role on Inauguration Day after a feud with Musk over safety issues at the billionaire’s SpaceX company. Following Wednesday’s accident, Trump named a new acting administrator of the FAA.
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