Sen. Murphy: it's "downright disgusting" for Trump to blame DEI for tragic air accident

Who? Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) LISTEN: Laslo & Murphy Press corps asks:Did you catch Trump’s press conference on this week’s collision over the Potomac River, the FAA and DEI? Key Murphy: “Yeah. I thought the president's press conference was disgusting. The idea that the crash happened because the FAA hires non white men is unconscionable, especially after he threw the FAA into chaos,” Sen. Chris Murphy vented to members of the congressional press corps Thursday afternoon. “He ousted the administrator. He fired the entire safety board.” Subscribe for FREEE to get our weekly post in your inbox!!!! ICYMI — this interview helped inform Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo’s story for Raw StoryCaught our ear:“He's in charge. This happened on his watch, and he has deliberately thrown the FAA into disarray in the first days of his administration,” Murphy said. “That may not have had anything to do with the crash yesterday, but it makes his statements at his press conference today even more alarming.” Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Chris MurphySCENE: On Thursday, after President Donald Trump wrapped up his press conference on the tragic and deadly collision of a Black Hawk helicopter and commercial airline from Wichita, Kansas over the Potomac River, Sen. Chris Murphy is senatorially livid when he stops to talk to a gaggle of reporters in the basement of the US Capitol. Reporter 1 (off mic): Did you catch Trump’s press conference on last night’s midair collision, the FAA and DEI? Chris Murphy: “Yeah. I thought the president's press conference was disgusting.”Reporter 2: “Yeah?” A senator rings the bell calling one of the two manually operate, old school trams that cart senators from their offices to the Capitol. CM: “The idea that the crash happened because the FAA hires non white men is unconscionable, especially after he threw the FAA into chaos. He fired the — he ousted the administrator. He fired the entire safety board.” “Doors closing,” says the robotic warning on the trams underneath the US Capitol. Source: C-SPAN via YouTube.CM: “He’s been waging a war on public employees for a week and a half, including those at the FAA.” CM: “We don’t know what happened, but for the president to claim that it's because the FAA hires women or Black people, is downright disgusting. So…“Every buck — or brew — helps! Consider chipping in to support our independent journalism — Venmo, PayPal, Cash App — or just buy us a beer!CM: “He's in charge. This happened on his watch, and he has deliberately thrown the FAA into disarray in the first days of his administration. That may not have had anything to do with the crash yesterday, but it makes his statements at his press conference today even more alarming.” Content posted at AskaPol.com is copyrighted. Use our original content to move the story forward. And, please, link to us. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapolpolitics.com/subscribe