Rep. Brad Sherman denies viewing porn on flight after photos appear to show otherwise

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Oh, the glamour of air travel in 2025. You're crammed into a flying sardine can, dodging the guy next to you who treats the armrest like it's his personal fiefdom, and suddenly—boom!—your congressional neighbor is deep in what looks like a Victoria's Secret clearance sale. But fear not, gentle reader, because Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman of California has a rock-solid alibi: It's all Elon Musk's fault. Naturally.

Photos hit X like a meteor strike on Friday, capturing the 71-year-old Sherman, mouth agape like he'd just spotted Bigfoot in first class, staring at a tablet screen full of women in their skivvies. The internet, ever the merciful soul, did what it does best: Exploded.

"Why did California Congressman Brad Sherman feel it was appropriate to look at porn on his iPad during a flight today?" one X post thundered, racking up 12.4 million views by Saturday evening. 

Sherman wasted no time swatting this down like a fly at a barbecue. A spokesperson for the congressman told Fox News Digital the pictures appeared because of his algorithm on X, formerly Twitter.

"This was nothing more than scrolling through Twitter, and, unfortunately, Elon Musk has ruined the Twitter algorithm to give people content that they don’t ask for or subscribe to," the spokesperson emailed Fox News Digital. Ah yes, the classic "It's not me, it's the robot overlord" defense. 

You have to admit that nothing screams "innocent bystander" like blaming Elon Musk for your in-flight entertainment choices. Perhaps Sherman should have closed the web page, but he got kept gawking.

Sherman himself doubled down to Punchbowl News, insisting the racy snaps slithered onto his feed via the "For You" section, a digital slot machine that apparently pays out in pixels of peril."This was on Twitter. These pictures came up on ‘For You’," Sherman told Punchbowl News, adding he viewed a variety of posts during his cross-country flight.

"If you have to fly across the country, you look at a lot of stuff on your tablet," he said."If I see a picture of a woman, might I look at it longer than a sunset? Yeah." 

When asked whether he thought the content was appropriate to view on a plane, Sherman told Punchbowl News, "Is it pornography? I don’t think Elon Musk thinks so. Is it appropriate? No." 

See? Crystal clear. It's not porn if Elon green-lights it, and besides, who among us hasn't lingered a tad on the human form while hurtling 30,000 feet above the Rockies? Sherman’s basically admitting to being a connoisseur of sunsets and sundresses. Relatable! I mean, who among us men hasn't viewed barely clad women in the stratosphere?

The backlash, predictably, was a feast for the schadenfreude crowd. Donald Trump Jr. chimed in with the eloquence of a man who's seen it all: "Yikes!!!!"

Not one to let a "Yikes" slide, Sherman fired back with an edited version of the incriminating photo, swapping his iPad screen for the immortal plea: "Release the Epstein files." Touché, Congressman. Because if we're deflecting, why not go nuclear?

Over in the House GOP peanut gallery, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), couldn't resist a reminder of her own airport adventures. "I don’t want to hear a single peep from anyone in/around Congress, or the media, [about] how I stroll through an airport ever again," she posted.

Mace, you'll recall, recently went full scorched-earth on Charleston Airport CEO Elliot Summey, demanding his resignation and threatening lawsuits after he accused her of staff mistreatment. Fair's fair; if we're judging public meltdowns, let's spread the wealth.

Look, folks, this whole kerfuffle is peak 2025: A Democrat caught in a compromising glow, pivoting to "Big Tech did it," while the right cackles and counters with their own baggage claims. Sherman's probably back in D.C. by now, tablet safely stowed, dreaming of sunsets. Or algorithms. Or whatever "For You" serves up next. Just remember, next time you're on a red-eye: Eyes on your own tray table, Congressman. And maybe mute Elon.

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Nancy Mace Moves to Boot Ilhan Omar from Committees Over "Disgraceful" Charlie Kirk Remarks

GOP Rep. Targets Omar's Education, Budget Posts After Assassination ControversyIn a fiery response to Rep. Ilhan Omar’s eyebrow-raising comments about the late Charlie Kirk, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is taking aim at the Minnesota Democrat's committee seats. Mace announced Monday on X that she's filing a resolution to strip Omar of her spots on the House Committee on Education and Workforce and the Committee on Budget, calling Omar’s remarks "disgraceful."

"BREAKING: We're filing a resolution to strip
@Ilhan of her committee assignments after her disgraceful remarks on Charlie Kirk’s assassination," Mace posted, sharing images of the resolution.

The resolution accuses Omar of smearing Kirk and implying he was to blame for his own murder during an interview with progressive outlet Zeteo. It also claims Omar reposted a video on X that "disparaged the character of Charlie Kirk and those mourning his death." This move is the latest salvo from Republicans who've had it with Democrats they see as downplaying Kirk's assassination or tying it to his conservative firebrand status.

The uproar kicked off after Omar's Zeteo interview, where she took shots at Charlie’s past rhetoric and the GOP's response to his death. "He was someone who was willing to debate and downplay the death of George Floyd," Omar said, also accusing Kirk of dismissing slavery’s impact and arguing "Juneteenth shouldn’t exist." When interviewer Mehdi Hasan called out those painting Kirk as just a guy seeking civil debate, Omar ineloquently doubled down: "There is nothing more effed up, you know, like, than to completely pretend that, you know, his words and actions have not been recorded and in existence for the last decade or so."

Omar didn't stop there. She blasted Republicans for hypocrisy in criticizing Democratic rhetoric: "These people are full of s--t. And it's important for us to call them out while we feel anger and sadness, and have, you know, empathy, which Charlie said, 'No, it shouldn't exist,' because that's a newly created word or something." She added, "Like, I have empathy for his kids and his wife and what they’re going through."

Facing backlash, Omar took to X to defend herself, insisting she "disagreed with Charlie Kirk vehemently about his rhetoric" but doesn't "wish violence on anyone." She accused "right-wing accounts" of spinning a "false story" to "villainize the left" and distract from "Donald Trump gins up hate on a daily basis." Still, she called Kirk's death "mortifying" and claimed she condemned the murder multiple times.

Mace's resolution is a classic GOP counterpunch, reflecting the party's growing frustration with Democrats they view as soft-pedaling Kirk's death. Whether it gains traction in the House remains to be seen, but it's clear the bad blood between Omar and her critics isn’t cooling anytime soon.

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AOC's attack on Trump should get her sued into oblivion

Florida’s top law dog, Attorney General James Uthmeier, unloaded both barrels on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, [aka Alexandria Obviously-Comatose, aka Sandy from da Bronx] the Bronx’s favorite communist, for cheering on ICE protests aimed at derailing Trump’s mass deportation plans. AOC, never one to shy from a fight because she's too dumb to know that she will lose, stepped in it big time, tossing around the word "rapist" like it’s confetti at a parade, slamming Trump on X over the Jeffrey Epstein clusterfrack.

The far-left Latina, who’s been trading haymakers with Trump since she swapped bartending for congressional hearings, couldn’t resist stirring the pot on the Epstein case. The disgraced financier, who took the coward’s way out in a New York cell in 2019, left a trail of slime that still has politicos pointing fingers. 

Sandy, never missing a chance to grandstand, fired off this gem on X: "Wow who would have thought that electing a rapist would have complicated the release of the Epstein Files?" She was poking at the 2023 E. Jean Carroll civil trial, where a jury pinned Trump for sexual assault but stopped short of rape, so the fact is, it isn't rape.

Her critics pounced, screaming defamation faster than you can say "hey buddy, got a dollar?"

The Trump DOJ, meanwhile, insists there’s no secret Epstein client list, but that didn’t stop AOC from dropping the “R” bomb. Trump’s loyalists and legal eagles smelled blood. "The President should sue AOC into bankruptcy. I realize she’s trying to raise her profile but this is way way too far," legal analyst Phil Holloway, one of my favorite lawyers said on X.

Utah’s Sen. Mike Lee, not exactly a shrinking violet, also piled on: "Even under the ridiculously lenient standards of NY Times v. Sullivan, you’ve managed to incur defamation liability Wow." 

Oklahoma’s Sen. Markwayne Mullin took a different jab, snarking, "Why didn’t you guys release the Epstein files over the last 4 years? Maybe you were too busy covering for Joe Biden… or, could it have something to do with another former Democrat President?"

The X peanut gallery wasn’t done. Bill Mitchell, host of YourVoice America, laid into her: "Well we have grounds for a huge defamation suit here you idiot because Donald Trump has never been indicted for rape much less convicted." 

Another X user chimed in, "You realize your X account doesn't carry the same protections to defame people that you enjoy during congressional proceedings?"

The "rapist" jab hit a nerve, especially after ABC coughed up $15 million to Trump for George Stephanopoulos’ loose lips last year. Stephanopoulos, in a March 2024 cage match with another GOP Rep. Nancy Mace, he kept hammering that Trump was “liable for rape” in the Carroll case. "You’ve endorsed Donald Trump for president. Judges and two separate juries have found him liable for rape and for defaming the victim of that rape," Stephanopoulos said.

Stephanopoulos, a former Senior Advisor to President Bill Clinton for Policy and Strategy and Communications Director, used that term ten times, per Fox Digital. 

Trump, who’s always denied knowing Carroll, called her a liar chasing book sales. ABC and Stephanopoulos later ate crow, settling for $15 million and a public "regret" note: 

"Editor's Note: ABC News and George Stephanopoulos regret statements regarding President Donald J. Trump made during an interview by George Stephanopoulos with Rep. Nancy Mace on ABC’s This Week on March 10, 2024."

AOC’s low-information defenders on X argued she didn’t name Trump directly, so good luck with that defamation suit. But Trump ally Laura Loomer wasn’t buying it: "Donald Trump has not been criminally convicted of being a rapist. This is defamatory. And I hope you are sued by Trump for this the same way George Stephanopoulos was sued and forced to pay Trump $15 million dollars. I hope you have millions ready for Trump, Porky. @AOC."

Townhall’s Rachel Alexander cackled, "This is gonna be fun. AOC is so dumb she just called Trump a rapist, after ABC was forced to fork over $16 million in a settlement with Trump after George Stephanopoulos called him a rapist."

White House comms chief Steven Cheung threw the final punch: "AOC likes to play pretend like she’s from the block, but in reality she’s just a sad, miserable blockhead who is trying to over-compensate for her lack of self-confidence that has followed her for her entire life." 

Fox News Digital had reached out to AOC’s office Sunday for a response but got crickets, similar to the sound you can hear if you put your ear next to AOC's

So here we are, watching AOC swing for the fences and maybe whiffing into a legal buzzsaw. She’s got the lefty faithful cheering, but the Trump train’s ready to roll her into court. Just another day in the circus.

Gosh, I hope he goes through with a lawsuit and takes her to the cleaners.

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Rep. Nancy Mace filed to remove Rep. LaMonica McIver after assault charge at ICE detention center protest

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On Wednesday, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) dropped a resolution to boot Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) out of the House after the Democrat caught a federal assault charge for allegedly throwing elbows at law enforcement during a tantrum outside a Newark immigration detention center. Yes, you read that right—a sitting congresswoman is out here scrapping with feds like it’s a bar fight at a Jersey Shore dive.

“On May 9th, McIver didn’t just break the law, she attacked the very people who defend it,” Mace said, not mincing words. “Attacking Homeland Security and ICE agents isn’t just disgraceful, it’s assault.” Preach, Nancy. If you or I pulled that stunt, we’d be cooling our heels in a cell, not posting snarky X quips.

Speaking of, McIver, who’s been repping New Jersey’s 10th District since September 2024, decided to play the victim card faster than you can say “political persecution.” She called the charges “purely political” and blamed the feds for the dust-up at the ICE facility. 

Video footage from the Department of Homeland Security shows her swinging at an ICE agent and smacking a Homeland Security Investigations officer like she’s auditioning for UFC. McIver’s response to Mace’s resolution? A sassy “In the South I think they say, ‘bless her heart,’” on X.  

Interesting. Nothing says “I’m innocent” like a passive-aggressive Southern jab.

Mace, however, isn’t here for the games. “If any other American did what she did, they’d be in handcuffs,” she fired back. “McIver thinks being a Member of Congress puts her above the law. It doesn’t.” 

And she’s got receipts—legal ones. 

LaMonica McIver

Acting New Jersey US Attorney Alina Habba slapped McIver with two felony counts on Monday for using force to interfere with federal agents during a chaotic protest at Newark’s Delaney Hall detention center. If convicted, McIver’s looking at up to eight years in the slammer. That’s not exactly a “get out of jail free” card. But the chance of McIver actually serving any time in prison is highly unlikely. 

Mace’s resolution points out that Congress has a history of giving the boot to members who step in it before conviction. Remember George Santos, the Long Island fabulist? The House kicked him to the curb in December 2023 after a House Ethics Committee report painted him as a walking ethics violation and he faced a 23-count federal indictment. Santos later copped to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, earning himself a seven-year vacation in federal prison. 

But don’t hold your breath for McIver’s expulsion. Mace is sending her resolution to the House Ethics Committee—because, apparently, Congress needs a committee to figure out if assaulting federal agents is bad. The measure needs two-thirds of the House to pass, and with Democrats circling the wagons, it’s about as likely as a balanced budget. 

House Dems, led by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, are already crying foul, calling the charges “extreme,” “morally bankrupt,” and “a blatant attempt by the Trump administration to intimidate Congress.” Oh, please. Spare us the melodrama. The only thing being intimidated here is common sense.

Mace isn’t backing down. “Members of Congress swear an oath to uphold the Constitution and the laws of this country—not to obstruct them,” she said. “This isn’t a matter of partisan politics. It’s about whether we’re going to hold Members of Congress to the same legal standards as every other American.” Mic drop.

Look, when public trust in government is lower than a snake’s belly, as Mace put it, letting a congresswoman skate on assault charges isn’t exactly a confidence booster. “The evidence is clear. The charges are serious. And the public deserves to know that criminal conduct in the halls of Congress has consequences.” Here’s hoping the House grows a spine and proves her right. But knowing D.C., I’m not betting the farm on it.

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Elon threatens to sue a very dumb Dem for calling him a "Nazi" and "thief"

There are moments when the sheer absurdity of our public discourse threatens to overwhelm even the most resolute observer. Such a moment arrived this week when former Representative Jamaal Bowman, a not very bright man whose political career met its ignominious end in last July’s Democratic primary, took to the airwaves of CNN to hurl invectives at Elon Musk, one of the most consequential figures of our age.

With the reckless abandon of a man who has nothing left to lose, Bowman branded Musk a “Nazi” and a “thief,” declaring with the certitude of the unhinged left that “the American people do not trust Elon Musk and Elon Musk is incompetent in his position.”

Musk, a man not known for suffering fools gladly, responded with characteristic directness on X: “I’ve had enough. Lawsuit inbound.” 

Who could blame him? 

Bowman’s tirade, delivered in the sanctimonious tones of a fallen prophet, was a masterclass in calumny. “How do we know?” Bowman asked, as if unveiling some grand revelation. “Because they fired tens of thousands of people, was challenged in court. The court said the people have to go back, and now the people are coming back.” 

Then, with the flourish of a cheap demagogue, he concluded: “He’s incompetent. He’s a thief. He’s a Nazi. And people don’t trust him.”

One might pause here to marvel at the audacity of this cretin. 

Bowman, a former member of the self-styled “Squad” of mega-progressive Democrats—a group whose moral posturing is matched only by its intellectual vacuity—was ousted from his New York seat by George Latimer, a centrist with the temerity to support Israel, a position fully opposed by the "Squad."

Bowman, who once accused the Jewish state of “genocide” in its war against Hamas, blamed his defeat on the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), claiming the group spent millions to “brainwash” voters. This from a man censured by the House in 2023 for pulling a fire alarm in the Capitol to disrupt shutdown talks—an act of petulance that would embarrass a schoolboy.

But Bowman is not alone in his descent into the gutter. The left-wing media, ever eager to smear those who defy their orthodoxy, accused Musk of performing a “Nazi salute” while addressing a crowd on Trump’s Inauguration Day. Elon's mother, Maye Musk, quite rightly urged her son to sue CNN and others peddling this grotesque libel. 

Meanwhile, Bowman’s erstwhile comrade, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), another “Squad” luminary, chimed in last month with the equally deranged charge that Musk is a “Nazi nepo baby.” The phrase is as meaningless as it is malicious, but such is the state of our political rhetoric.

Musk’s defenders, thankfully, have not remained silent. 

Andy Ngo, a journalist who earned his stripes enduring the fists and serious bruises of Antifa thugs in Portland, observed with clarity: “Accusing people of crimes is not protected opinion. CNN is putting itself at risk of liability for bringing on guests who repeat potentially defamatory claims unchallenged.”

Rep. Mike Lee (R-UT) was more succinct: “Sue him! Defamation against conservatives can’t go unaddressed or it will never end.” And Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) added a rallying cry: “Fight back!”

Fight back he must. For too long, idiots like Bowman and his enablers in the media have wielded slander as a weapon, secure in the knowledge that their targets will hesitate to retaliate. 

Musk, with his resources and resolve, may yet prove them wrong. If he does, it will be a victory not just for him, but for a society that has grown weary of seeing truth trampled under the jackboots of ideological excess.

Sue the bstrds!

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Nancy Mace (R-SC) Allegedly Assaulted by 'Pro-Trans' Man

James McIntyre, 33, of Illinois, was arrested by Capitol Police Tuesday for allegedly assaulting US Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC). Mace said that the attacker was a 'pro-trans' man and described her injuries as minor.

McIntyre now faces a charge for Assaulting a Government Official according to Capitol Police.

The incident happened shortly before 6 pm in Rayburn. https://t.co/UqvCViMXK9— Beatrice Peterson (@MissBeaE on all platforms) (@MissBeaE)

"I was physically accosted at the Capitol tonight by a pro-tr*ns man. One new brace for my wrist and some ice for my arm and it’ll heal just fine.

The Capitol police arrested the guy.

Your tr*ns violence and threats on my life will only make me double down. FAFO. #HoldTheLine— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) December 11, 2024

Is anyone surprised about the alleged attacker's ideology?

Rep. Mace is known for her pro-woman stance and is taking a strong stance to keep men who pretend to be women from invading women's restrooms, sports, and other female-only spaces.

Some on X, like Robby Starbuck, are warning that trans-related attacks will increase as society rejects the toxic ideology.

Up your security. As an ideology begins to die, it resembles a wounded animal. It will carry out desperate act after desperate act until there’s nothing left but defeat. The public now knows this is a toxic ideology and it’s dying. Expect more desperate acts from these lunatics.— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) December 11, 2024

He's exactly correct.


Recently, trans-activists have targeted women’s restrooms near Mace’s office on Capitol Hill. It was Rep. Mace who led the effort to keep men, no matter how they identify, out of women's restrooms at the Capitol. The rules were put into effect in November.

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Trump sues Stephanopoulos and ABC for defamation

If there is one thing we know about former President Donald Trump, it's that he's a mud fighter. While he's on the defense on many legal matters right now, he's going offense against ABC News' George Stephanopoulos [aka Mister Snuffalopougus] over comments he made in an interview with Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace early in March.

In the interview, Stephanopoulos tried to shame Mace for supporting Trump because she had been raped as a 16-year-old and he mischaracterized legal findings against Trump by saying that  "judges and two separate juries have found him liable for rape."

This is a total lie and now Trump has filed a lawsuit for defamation against the former Clinton operative and ABC over the remarks.

Trump’s lawsuit highlights how Stephanopoulos at various points in his questioning of Mace said that Trump had been found "liable for rape." What the jury actually found was that the former President was liable for sexual abuse under New York law--not rape.

“Judges and two separate juries have found him liable for rape and for defaming the victim of that rape. How do you square your endorsement of Donald Trump with the testimony we just saw, ” Stephanopoulos asked Mace.

“These statements were and remain false, and were made by Defendant Stephanopoulos with actual malice or with a reckless disregard for the truth given that Defendant Stephanopoulos knows that these statements are patently and demonstrably false,” Trump’s attorney, Alejandro Brito, wrote in the 20-page complaint.

“Indeed, the jury expressly found that Plaintiff did not commit rape and, as demonstrated below, Defendant George Stephanopoulos was aware of the jury’s finding in this regard yet still falsely stated otherwise,” Brito continued.

The 20-page complaint pleads two counts — one for defamation per se (statements automatically deemed harmful) and one for defamation per quod (statements the plaintiff must prove caused damage) — and seeks an unspecified amount of damages.

It is definitely harmful for Trump's re-election because anyone who watches the mainstream media will never be told about the mischaracterization of how Stephanopoulos lied. 

As seen in the complaint, the jury, though it found Trump liable for defamation and sexual abuse in the E. Jean Carroll suit tried first (Carroll II), declined to find him liable for rape. (The second Carroll trial involved only a claim for defamation.) And, as the complaint points out, Stephanopoulos was well aware of this, as he specifically asked Carroll about it in an interview shortly after the initial verdict in May of 2023. 

So the little man lied.

Hopefully Trump will be able to collect $500 million to cover his bond in another case waged against him. 

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GOP Rep. okay with anti-Semite on House Foreign Affairs Committee

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) thinks that it would be hypocritical for the GOP to remove one of the most outspoken anti-Semites in Congress, from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Mace said that kicking Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) from the committee over anti-Semitic comments, is tantamount to "cancel culture," evidently, even if offends the Jews and people who find Omar repulsive for this hateful view.

"There's a First Amendment in this country. We don't have to agree with everything that members say," Mace said Friday in order to appeal to fellow anti-Semites, when Fox News asked if she supported Speaker Kevin McCarthy's vow to block Omar from the committee.

"I think we have to be very careful about what we are as a constitutional republic," she said.

 "I am not a fan of Ilhan Omar. She's an anti-Semite. She's a bigot. She's a racist. She's a socialist. But that doesn't mean that we cancel people in this country. Republicans don't stand for cancel culture. And that's essentially what this is."

Except when a political party is in charge of one of the Houses, they can remove the dirt to clean the House, at least when it comes to a committee assignment that actually calls for members whose characters are in line with decent, American values. It isn't cancel culture to remove Omar from a committee--it would be cancel culture to remove her from Congress and Mace should know this.

Mace indicate that there were a "handful" of Republicans who are aligned in her thinking and that just sucks, doesn't it?

"I think it sets a very dangerous precedent. And you know, there's so much anti-Semitism in this country. We should be condemning it right and left as we always have, but there's also the First Amendment right to do that," she said. 

But there is no constitutional right to be on a committee, especially when you are the wrong person for that committee. 

Should Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) be allowed to remain on the House Intelligence Committee knowing that Swalwell slept with a Chinese spy and Schiff allegedly used information from that committee to falsely attack former President Donald Trump?

So this isn't about censoring Omar, it's about keeping her off a committee that deals with sensitive issues that she has shown personal bias towards, such as Israel and the Middle East.

Mace said that a resolution to remove Omar was yet to be circulated, and she would wait to read it before making her final decision.

"So I'm going to read the resolution. We haven't seen it. I'm going to read it before I make that final decision next week. But we've been asking for it, and it hasn't been released to public yet," she said.

I do not know if Mace is an anti-Zionist/anti-Semite, but for her to equate Omar being kept off a committee, that is finally controlled by the GOP, to a constitutional right and to cancel culture, says more about Mace than it does about Omar.

The Republican Party is its own worst enemy.

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Buttigieg in September: airline issues would "get better" by holidays

Transportation Secretary Peter Buttigieg said in September that he was increasing pressure on airlines. He told this to insomniacs who stay up late to watch "The Late Late Show with James Corden."

Well, that didn't work out so well for travelers over the Christmas holidays as many thousands were stranded at airports while Pete chest-fed his baby as his husband sat by proudly watching. [Just kidding--men can't chest-feed because they aren't women, the only gender who can.]

Now he's being blasted for his response to the airline clusterfrack after assuring Americans that air travel issues would improve before the holidays, proving talk is cheap and that he got the job mainly because he's gay.

In the September TV appearance Buttigieg said he was increasing pressure on U.S. airlines after travelers experienced an expensive and chaotic summer.

"I think it's gonna get better by the holidays," the incompetent clueless transportation secretary said at the time. "We’re really pressing the airlines to deliver better service. So many people have been delayed, been canceled, it happened to me several times this summer. And the fact is they need to be ready to service the tickets that they're selling."

"If you've ever been mistreated by an airline, if they haven't given you the refund they owe you, if they haven't lived up to their customer service obligations, we will have your back," he claimed. "We went from zero of the top 10 airlines committing that they're going to provide a meal or hotel, for example, to eight out of 10 doing it. So we're pushing them."

This week, Buttigieg called on Southwest Airlines to fully compensate customers for travel, meal and lodging expenses after thousands of flights were canceled and travelers were left stranded at airports over the holidays.

Buttigieg is taking heat from both sides of the political aisle over the situation and his inability to handle it.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) told Sean Hannity that Buttigieg should increase pressure on Southwest Airlines and audit to see how billions in taxpayer-funded relief the company received was spent. She explained that her role on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee was a main reason to her need in finding answers to the problem as well as the fact that her own kids were stranded at BWI Airport in Baltimore on Christmas Eve.

"[T]his hit close to home, because my kids my teenage kids got stranded in Baltimore trying to make it home on Christmas Eve. And even today, five days later, we still don't know where their luggage is right now," she said. "And so we've been personally impacted by this."

Isn't it always most important to politicians when they are directly affected by the policies they voted for? Had this happened to Pete Buttigieg's husband, things would likely have been different.

Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), agreed with Mace's sentiments, asserting to Hannity that Buttigieg is unqualified to serve in his current role, pointing to the supply chain crisis early in his tenure, [and the unfilled potholes in South Bend, Indiana where he was mayor].

"Earlier this year, we had the rail strike potential looming over us," Van Duyne said. "We were going to have, again, I mean, a massive amount of hit to our economy. You're going to have municipalities that couldn't get chemicals to be able to treat their water supply. And where was Pete? Oh, that's right. He was on a family vacation in Portugal."

"This is a man who was not qualified for the job, has never really been on the job," she added. "And we've trusted him with $1.2 trillion worth of taxpayer dollars."

The Alfred E. Neuman 'what, me worry?' impersonator was warned by Democrats in his own party about concerns within the airline industry before Southwest’s mass cancelations. 

"The problems at Southwest Airlines over the last several days go beyond weather," Sen. Maria Cantwell, (D-WA) the chair of the Senate Commerce Committee on Commerce, said in a statement Tuesday. "The committee will be looking into the causes of these disruptions and its impact to consumers."

Cantwell, along with Democratic Sens. Ed Markey (D-MA) and stolen valor perpetrator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) filed a comment in November to the Department of Transportation on the need to hurry its process to finalize a rule to ensure that consumers are properly refunded for cancelations and get accommodations.

In August, a bipartisan group of 38 state attorneys general wrote to Congress saying that Buttigieg was failing to adequately respond to airline consumer complaints, and they asked for legislation to allow states to enforce federal consumer protection laws.

"Americans are justifiably frustrated that federal government agencies charged with overseeing airline consumer protection are unable or unwilling to hold the airline industry accountable and to swiftly investigate complaints submitted to the US DOT," read the letter signed by Arizona’s Mark Brnovic, New York’s Letitia James and others.

The Senate Commerce Committee stated that it would investigate Southwest for the cancelations, but not Pete Buttigieg because he falls into a victim status category. 

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