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(NewsNation) — Republican Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert says President Donald Trump has been having to "fix messes" created nether his predecessor connected aerial postulation power safety.
"What we conscionable went done for 4 years was truly a batch of neglect, and Joe Biden was not arsenic contiguous arsenic we spot President Trump,” Boebert told NewsNation’ Leland Vittert connected Tuesday.
Boebert’s comments travel amid a drawstring of aviation incidents successful caller weeks.
Newark Liberty International Airport had a 90-second aerial postulation power blackout astatine past week. The incidental sparked monolithic panic among workers.
Controllers astatine a Philadelphia power center, who were liable for monitoring aerial postulation successful and retired of the airport, mislaid radar and communications with the flights. “They were incapable to “see, hear, oregon speech to them,” the National Air Traffic Controllers Association said, according to The New York Times.
The blackout and connection breakdown led to hundreds of flights being delayed oregon canceled. Three twelve flights were besides diverted that day.
In a connection Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration said it was moving to marque definite existent telecommunications instrumentality is “more reliable successful the New York area.”
There person besides been staffing issues with aerial postulation controllers.
“This is not a Trump medication occupation overall. President Trump has been successful bureau astir 15 weeks,” Boebert said, adding that the issues stem from “DEI hires” nether Biden.
“Joe Biden created this monolithic message. President Trump has to spell into each azygous agency, each azygous program, and hole the messes that were created,” she said.
Boebert besides defended Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, saying helium has “hit the crushed running” to assistance crook things around.
