Sean Duffy Launches 4-Network Media Blitz After 4-Hour U.S. Ground Stop
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Updated · The Daily Beast · Nov 15
Sean Duffy Launches 4-Network Media Blitz After 4-Hour U.S. Ground Stop
3 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · Nov 15
Summary
Four Sunday shows will feature Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy as the Trump administration tries to calm travelers after Friday’s nationwide ground stop triggered days of airline disruption.
A faulty wire switch is emerging as a possible cause of the outage, while FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said investigators found zero evidence of sabotage or a cyberattack.
Duffy’s response has drawn heavy criticism, including calls for his resignation and a rebuke from former White House adviser Richard Clarke, who called the administration’s briefing among the worst crisis communications he had seen.
$50 billion is the funding Duffy now says is needed to modernize air traffic control, a demand that has revived scrutiny of his past vote against a 2019 bill that included more than $10 billion for the FAA.
Trump has stayed largely out of public view since the shutdown, leaving Duffy as the public face of the worst U.S. aviation disruption since 9/11.