You Won’t Believe How Much Pete Buttigieg Spent on DEI Grants

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg reportedly spent $80 billion on a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) agenda while in office.

During this time, he failed to replace outdated air traffic control systems, the New York Post reported.

A source told the Post that Buttigieg told industry executives that air traffic control upgrades would just allow them to fly more planes, adding “so why would that be in his interest?”

Records reviewed by the Post show that the DOT was more focused on DEI grants totaling more than $80 billion over four years, at least half of the entire budget for a typical fiscal year (via NYP):

“He was definitely pushing an agenda,” an air industry official said, noting the transportation secretary had “little to no interest” and took “definitely zero action” toward air traffic control modernization.
Buttigieg spent his time in President Joe Biden’s cabinet blaming the airlines for their delays and “vilifying” the industry as a whole while denying his department’s DEI agenda led to any air traffic control staffing shortages or was maintaining an ailing safety system that hasn’t been updated since the Carter administration, sources told The Post.
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Despite the requested changes to the air traffic control systems early in his term, Buttigieg seemed more interested in being “good on TV” than fixing the archaic systems that were flying up to 182 million passengers per year, officials said.