GOP Senators move to stop Buttigieg from using private jets, creating huge carbon footprint and wasting our money

The Republicans put forth a bill in the Senate to stop high ranking Department of Transportation officials from using private government planes for which taxpayers foot the bill. Among these mega-carbon footprint princes and princesses is Secretary Pete Buttigieg [pronouns: zir, zhe, zizzlepop]. 

"Secretary Buttigieg seems averse to traveling on the very commercial airlines that his department oversees. It’s far past time that Secretary Buttigieg travel commercially instead of wasting taxpayer dollars on private jet flights," Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO), told Fox News Digital, a former conservative news outlet.

"It will also fix a loophole to bring more transparency in reporting the costs of these flights," Schmitt added. The "loophole" refers to a cost-calculating policy the DOT uses which he said had been used to make travel cost for officials appear cheaper than it was, his office said.

Schmitt hopes the bill will "make Secretary Buttigieg consider the most fiscally responsible option when flying on official business."

The legislation would also stop Zhe Buttigieg and other DOT officials from using private flights except for in times of emergency or if such a flight is projected to cost at least 5% less than a commercial alternative.

Since taking office and taking time off to nurse zir's baby zir shares with another dude, Buttigieg has taken taxpayer-funded jets no less than 18 times.

Buttigieg traveled hither, thither and yon — visiting Florida, Ohio and New Hampshire, among other states — and out of the country using a private jet fleet managed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), according to flight tracking data. The flight records align with Buttigieg's schedule of external and public engagements obtained by government watchdog group Americans for Public Trust (APT).

When his predecessor in the Trump administration, Elaine Chao, took the same jets on seven occasions in 2017, the left wanted to have her stoned and eviscerated as it cost taxpayers almost $94,000, as Politico reported at the time. Trump's Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price was forced to quit after he reported took 26 private jet flights that same year, which cost taxpayers $1.2 million.

The DOT’s Inspector General announced earlier this year that he would be looking into the flights after a letter from Sen. Marco Rubio, (R-FL) Buttigieg claimed to welcome the probe in a statement posted to Twitter, but if you think anyone welcomes a government looking into your covert behavior, you are clearly low on Xanax.

"Glad this will be reviewed independently so misleading narratives can be put to rest. Bottom line: I mostly fly on commercial flights, in economy class. And when I do use our agency’s aircraft, it’s usually a situation where doing so saves taxpayer money," zizzlepop said.



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Former small town mayor Pete Buttigieg flies taxpayer-funded private jets, thus flipping us the bird

Peter Buttigieg (D) is a "do what I say, not what I do" Democrat and is our Transportation Secretary when he isn't on a maternity or paternity leave. 

When he is not on leave, Buttigieg advocates for low carbon emissions by the public, while he flies privately on taxpayer-funded private jets. He, like John Kerry and other hypocrites on the Left, leaves a carbon footprint Big Foot would be proud of. 

Since his appointment to his unqualified position [unless you consider not filling potholes in South Bend, Indiana as a qualification] Buttigieg has taken no less than 18 private jet excursions hither and thither across the country. [H/T Fox News Digital]

The Alfred E. Neuman lookalike has already traveled to  Ohio, Florida and New Hampshire and other states, and has flown out of the country on a private jet fleet managed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as per flight tracking data, which align with Buttigieg's schedule of external and public engagements obtained by government watchdog group Americans for Public Trust (APT).

'Mayor Pete's' predecessor, Elaine Chao (R) was criticized for using the same jets on seven occasions in 2017, but she is a Republican and must abide by higher standards. Human Services Secretary Tom Price knows that very well--he was forced to resign after taking 26 flights that same year, and I believe that's fair and should apply to Buttigieg as well.

"Everyday Americans face flight [cancellations] and long wait times because Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has completely mismanaged air travel," APT executive director Caitlin Sutherland told Fox News Digital. "Yet, he gets to avoid all that by taking taxpayer-funded private jets to destinations with readily available commercial airline options."

"And for someone so holier-than-thou on reducing emissions, Buttigieg sure doesn’t seem to mind the pollution caused by his literal jet-setting," she added. "This is hypocrisy at its finest, and these troubling expenses to taxpayers must come under immediate scrutiny."

It isn't known exactly how much in private jet travel expenses our gay blade Transportation Secretary has racked up, but the FAA has charged $5,000 per hour to use its aircraft, as was noted by the Washington Post in the congressional investigation into Trump officials' travel in 2017.

According to the flight data, Buttigieg used two taxpayer-funded Cessna 560XL private jets for trips within the first two years since Biden selected him to lead the Department of Transportation (DOT). 

In one instance of his use of government-managed private jets, when he wasn't on maternity leave nursing his baby, Buttigieg traveled roundtrip from Washington, D.C., to Las Vegas to promote public works projects in Nevada in August 2021.

And you may remember how the little twerp was caught getting out of a government SUV to get on a bicycle for the final leg to the office, pretending that this was how he went to work in the morning.

In late September, Buttigieg used an FAA private jet for a roundtrip journey to Montreal. During the visit, he attended an International Civil Aviation Organization conference.

Buttigieg also attended a ceremony during the trip hosted by a large Canadian gay rights organization where he received a prestigious award for his being very gay and his "contributions to the advancement of LGBTQ rights," which now surpass the rights of butchers, bakers and candlestick makers.

Buttigieg attended a 2021 United Nations climate summit in the U.K. where he engaged in climate negotiations with other world leaders who also flew in their private jets leaving carbon footprints that takes a village to duplicate all the while hypocritically pushing decarbonization policies. 

And while at the summit, Buttigieg had the audacity to say that aviation is a "significant contributor to climate change."

This is yet another example of an effete elite dictating to the peons how they should live while they do whatever the hell they please.

It isn't a swamp--it's a cesspool.

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A group of Democrataphrenics try to confront Mitch McConnell and are surprised what happened

A small group of diners, most probably suffering from Democrataphrenia confronted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as he ate dinner at Havana Rumba in Louisville Friday night.

The mob leader began by slamming his soft fist down on McConnell's table, grabbed his doggie bag and threw the food out the door of the restaurant, which seems to be a crime. The protester screamed at the Senator, "Why don't you get out of here? Why don't you leave the entire country?"

McConnell's wife, Elaine Chao, was with him, trying to enjoy a quiet dinner.

A woman videoed the incident for TMZ, explained that the Democrataphrenia sufferer's main gripe was apparently about McConnell's stance on Social Security and health care--the latter being an important issue for those like the protester who definitely requires an mental health intervention. 

McConnell recently said that entitlement programs are the main cause of massive debt. The delusional mob leader screamed that McConnell was killing people with his views.

Chao argued with the mentally ill protester, while Mitch just kept cool and sipped his beverage. But other diners began yelling at the protester telling him to "leave him alone" and making shoo-ing gestures.

The incident is the latest in which Democrataphrenics lost their minds and tried to intimidate Republicans who view individual responsibility trumping the collective.

Did I just say 'trumping'? 

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