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There Was a Deadly Plane Crash in Washington D.C., so President Trump Blamed Biden and DEI.

You just cannot make this stuff up.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readJan 30, 2025
Photo by René DeAnda on Unsplash

At this point, most of have heard the news.

On the night of January 29th, a passenger plane flying in from Wichita Kansas as it prepared to land crashed into a Blackhawk helicopter that was flying dark on a routine training flight. Dozens are feared dead, and it is an absolutely tragic accident that has left people reeling in the aftermath. But of course, leave it to none other than President Donald Trump to not only turn it into something that it’s not, but push his disgusting hateful agenda in the process.

Kevin Breuninger with NBC News writes:

“President Donald Trump on Thursday blasted former President Joe Biden and Democratic diversity measures after a midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter above Washington, D.C., the night before.

Trump, speaking at the White House, claimed that DEI “could have been” to blame for the collision, the deadliest U.S. plane crash since November 2001.

Trump did not provide evidence that the Biden-era efforts had anything to do with the crash, and criticized a reporter who asked if he was getting ahead of the…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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