Former Secretary of State and failed Democrat 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton couldn't resist a dig at Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy over the involvement of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)'s takeover of the Federal Aviation Administration.
“Most of them aren’t old enough to rent a car,” she wrote on X in response to Duffy's announcement of the plan. “And you’re going to let them mess with airline safety that’s already deteriorated on your watch?”
Her comment turned into a Twitter war between Clinton and Duffy.
Duffy responded by saying, “Madam Secretary, with all due respect, ‘experienced’ Washington bureaucrats are the reason our nation’s infrastructure is crumbling. You need to sit this one out."
But Clinton did anything but.
In fact, she went on to blame President Donald Trump's administration for the recent aviation crashes even though there's no evidence any of his policies were responsible.
"US airlines had gone 16 years without fatal crashes," she wrote. "Then MAGA fired the FAA chief, gutted the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, and threatened air traffic controllers with layoffs. Now there have been two fatal crashes. Hope your unvetted 22-year-olds fix things fast."
Duffy then set the record straight, refusing to let Clinton blame the administration for an American Airlines crash with a military helicopter that killed all 67 people on both aircraft or a Medevac crash in Philadelphia that killed nine people when it crashed into a neighborhood.
“I know you’re lashing out because DOGE is uncovering your family’s obscene grifting via USAID, but I won’t let you lie and distort facts,” Duffy countered. “The FAA administrator announced he resigned over a month before Trump took office, and the air traffic controllers were always exempt from Trump’s civil service buyouts. “
Clinton's spokesperson then jumped in to claim that Duffy's comment about Chelsea Clinton getting millions from USAID was not true.
"Musk deleted the tweet that spread this lie," Nick Merill posted.
Bottom line, whether that's true or not, Democrats are going stark raving mad over Trump's mission to actually make cuts in government wasteful spending--cuts that are sorely needed given the crushing load of debt the government is currently functioning under.
Duffy ended by saying, “I’m returning this department to its mission of safety by using innovative technology in transportation and infrastructure. Your team had its chance and failed.”
Trump knows he has a huge task ahead of him, and he's not wasting even a minute.
