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sinkingfeeling

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2. WaPo Glenn Kessler says TSF launched the program he's spent the day yelling about.

Reply to Wicked Blue (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2025, 11:08 PM

Jan 30

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/30/faa-dei-trump-fact-checker/

But here’s the rub: During Trump’s first term, the FAA began a program to hire air traffic controllers with the conditions that Trump decried.

“FAA Provides Aviation Careers to People with Disabilities,” the agency announced on April 11, 2019. The pilot program, the announcement said, would “identify specific opportunities for people with targeted disabilities, empower them and facilitate their entry into a more diverse and inclusive workforce.”

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Fact check: Trump's FAA used the same language about hiring people with disabilities he's now blasting [View all] Wicked Blue Jan 30 OP

Interesting. Some of the people he is blaming could have been employed during his administration. Norrrm Jan 30 #1

WaPo Glenn Kessler says TSF launched the program he's spent the day yelling about. sinkingfeeling Jan 30 #2

Is this memory failure or blatant lying? He always has to assign blame without proof Rhiannon12866 Jan 31 #3

"targeted disabilities"? onethatcares Jan 31 #4