manager Eric Swalwell, D-Calif. earlier this month claimed that the “president” had primarily sided with crashes of more planes than President Trump. However, data obtained by Fox News Digital shows that plane crashes increased over the same period under President Biden.
“No president crashed more planes in the first month of his inauguration than Donald Trump,” Swalwell said. Posted on x Comment viewed over 7 million times on X on February 17th.
Department of Transport data provided by senior management officials contradicts data and more plane crashes during the first weeks of President Biden’s term.
Swalwell had left two people dead in response to a small plane crash in Georgia.
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Rep. Swalwell argued that the first month of Trump’s second term had more plane crashes than other presidents. (AP/Getty)
In the US, there were 55 aviation accidents in the US between January 21, 2021, January 21, 2021, and February 17, 2021, compared to 35 in the same period of Trump.
Around the world, there were 91 aviation accidents in Biden during the same period, with 50 in Trump’s first few weeks.
“Eric Swalwell is a habitual liar and a scam, and he continues to invite himself every day as he suffers from a severe case with the weakened and debilitating Trump Frangiment syndrome that has corrupted his brain,” White House communications director Stephen Chen told Fox News Digital.
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Eric Swalwell, D-Calif. will speak at the press conference on the 118th U.S. Congress committee allocation at the U.S. Capitol. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
“As an elected official, he should actually tell the truth once, but he’s a fan of Fangs all day long, so I understand that he can’t.”
Swalwell told Fox News Digital that his first post was “Planes,” but he told Fox News Digital in a statement that referred to commercial airliners.
President Donald Trump speaks to a reporter on February 11, 2025 at his oval office in the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
“There were two US commercial airliner crashes where people either died or were seriously injured in Trump’s first month,” Swalwell said. “Show me the president you had more in the first month.”
Several Democrats have accused plane crashing that blamed Trump in recent weeks, including Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.
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White House spokesman Karoline Leavitt pointed out at the time that “Unfortunately, the crash crash in Canada’s airspace is overseeing it by Canadian Air Transport Controllers.”
She then challenged the Democratic offensive line about Trump firing FAA officials.
“And the fact about the FAA is that the Air Force Transport Controllers have not been let go by Secretary Duffy and this new administration. In fact, Secretary Duffy has a big emphasis on hiring the brightest air traffic controllers they want to be part of the FAA,” she argued.
Gabriel Hays of Fox News Digital contributed to this report
