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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Health and Human Services? Priceless

U.S. health secretary Tom Price has been flying on the country's dime. He now agrees to pay back $51.887.31 for part of the accrued costs for private charter flights he has taken on government business and now has promised to fly commercial--"no exceptions."

Too little and too late.

The price of the almost $52K only covers the cost of Price's pricey seat but the overcall price may be north of a million simoleons. The case is currently under investigation and Democrats are livid and are acting morally superior over the issue because they don't have good ideas, only personal attacks.

President Trump publicly rebuked Price, and appeared to have been on the cusp of uttering his famous line from his hit TV show "The Apprentice," but he didn't and appears to have allowed Price to bow out gracefully with his resignation, which was tendered Friday morning.

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"I regret the concerns this has raised [meaning: I regret having been caught and now my screw up is being made public] regarding the use of taxpayer dollars," Price said in a statement. "I was not sensitive enough [meaning: I didn't give a fiddler's flatulence] for the taxpayer." His apology came a day after President Trump's attack on his behavior.

Price admitted Trump spoke with him about his displeasure over screwing the taxpayer, but he didn't put it that way.

But it isn't as if Price is the first politician to fly privately and bilk the taxpayer. 

Trips by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt have also come under fire, particularly by hypocrites on the left who forgot about Nancy Pelosi's booze and food parties where taxpayers footed the booze bill that came to about $101,000 over a two year period, or about $1,000 a week when she was House Speaker.

Pelosi provided her guests with top shelf booze such as Maker's Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac Bombay Sapphire gin and so on . . . hic. That was part of what was called "in-flight services" for her trips on Air Force jets paid for by us.

We have conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch to thank when they obtained documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in 2010. It proved Pelosi incurred expenses of about $2.1 million for her use of USAF aircraft for travel.

"Speaker Pelosi has a history of wasting taxpayer funds with her boorish demands for military travel," Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said at the time. "And these documents suggest the Speaker's congressional delegations are more about partying than anything else."

Nancy Pelosi, however, paid nothing back and was never investigated.

But that isn't the whole story about the misuse of taxpayer money. Obama officials are also involved in taking pricey trips, including personal trips.

Then attorney generals Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch, then-FBI director Robert Mueller and then-CIA director and defense secretary Leon "The Schnoz" Panetta were also guilty of the same personal use and abuse of taxpayer money.

The FBI convinced Congress at the time that two high-tech luxury jets were needed for the fight agains global terrorism [and better leg room]. As it turned out, global terrorism grew and the jets were used to haul Holder's and Mueller's butts around and Holder's predecessors.

The other officials beside Mueller and Holder were former Attorneys General Michael Mukasey and Alberto Gonzales. Between 2007 and 2011, the dynamic duo racked up almost 700 "nonmission" flights at a cost of only $11,400,000, according to the Government Accountability Office. 

Why nothing was reported at the time shows the Accountability Office should also be held accountable.

Those officials are required to use government aircraft, and in some cases, reimburse the government for part of the expenses. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said at the cost incurred, Mukasey and Gonzales should have either cut back their miles or not use the expensive Gulfstream V jets.

"These luxury jets were supposedly needed for counterterrorism, but it turns out they were used almost two-thirds of the time for jet-setting executive travel," Grassley said.

The cost for the attorneys general travel was $5.8 million; the FBI director's was nearly as much. About 70 percent of the AG flights were for business and 28 percent for personal reasons. That leaves 2 percent, possibly for dive-bombing ISIS.

The point is, people in power tend to flaunt their power and don't see a problem with pissing away taxpayer money because it isn't theirs. This isn't only about Tom Price--it's a government thing--we wouldn't understand.


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Tillerson confirmed by Senate

Former ExxonMobil executive, Rex Tillerson, has been confirmed by the Senate Wednesday as the GOP is sprinting toward the finish line, running past Democratic resistance to fill the Trump Cabinet. 

The vote was 56-43, and if  you do the math, it means that five Democrats voted for Trump's pick.

As the day began, Democrats attempted to delay the confirmations but Republicans moved fast to advance three nominees to a final vote.

Jeff Sessions also won the Senate Judiciary Committee vote as it went along party lines for a 11-to-9 approval for Attorney General. Democrats dragged out the proceeding Tuesday and the committee advanced Sessions to the floor for the vote.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said, "No doubt we have the votes. It's going to get done."

Obstructionist Democrats have tried to hold up several Trump Cabinet picks using concerns over their records as a ploy, as well as President Trump's new policies and recent executive orders on immigration.

The Republican-led Senate Finance Committee did an 'end around' Senate Democrats' efforts to slow Trump's picks for Treasury Secretary and Health and Human Services Secretary when they tried to boycott the votes.

Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) suspended committee rules on the number of members required to vote, allowing GOP members to vote in favor of Steve Mnuchin as Treasury Secretary and Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) to serve as Health and Human Services Secretary. Price, by the way, is a medical doctor and knows a thing or two about this area.

Sen. Ron Wyden (Duh-OR) the committee's wimpiest Democrat cried that Hatch wasn't playing fair and broke the rules. Both he and Chuck Schumer retreated to the Democrat's "safe space" located at the third stall in senate lavatory.

Seriously, this feels so good to give back to Democrats what they gave to Republicans. Hearing them cry brings to mind a song by the "Rolling Stones" which is "You Can't Always Get What You Want" but if you cry, sometimes you get what you need.

"What you had was a rump group that met in violation of Democratic values to confirm two ethically-challenged nominees," 'Whining Weepy Wyden' whined to Fox News. "There's no question about that."

Of course there's a question about that. If you're going to boycott normal protocol because Clinton, your leftist felon lost, then the wheels of government are going to run you over, you whiny libtard.

Sessions, Price and Mnuchin will almost definitely get the required simple majority needed for confirmation due to the GOP majority of 52 senators versus the losers that only have 48 due to an American population that's fed up with their nonsense.

Democrats were able to temporarily thwart a Senate confirmation vote on Scott Pruitt for the Environmental Protection Agency by boycotting a key committee meeting.

The operant word is "temporarily."


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