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GOP senators caught off guard by Trump DEI comments after plane crash

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31.01.2025

Senate Republicans are shying away from backing President Trump’s recent comments suggesting that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) could have been a factor in the recent midair collision near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Some were caught off guard on Thursday as they fielded questions from reporters about Trump's comments following the crash, in which a regional jet collided with a helicopter near the Potomac River.

“The [National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)] is very set up to investigate. They're going to get to the bottom of this. It's obviously human error, and it's horrifying,” Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) said. “I mean, you get in a plane, you think you're going to........

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