As you know, Spirit Airlines went out of business over the weekend, and about 15,000 people are out of jobs.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy recently had a reminder about what might have rescued the airline but was happily blocked by the Biden DOJ and DOT, with the help of a judge:
🚨 THANK A DEMOCRAT 🚨
— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) May 2, 2026
JOE BIDEN AND PETE BUTTIGIEG bragged about blocking the JetBlue–Spirit merger… The very deal that could have SAVED Spirit Airlines
THE RESULT:
❌ LESS COMPETITION
❌ CUSTOMERS SCRAMBLING
❌ EMPLOYEES LOSING JOBS
YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS UP pic.twitter.com/3etTR5tIX7
Fuel prices could have been the final dagger over the last couple years, but the bigger, first one happened back when Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren were celebrating the blockage of JetBlue's attempt to merge with Spirit:
I've warned for months that a @JetBlue-@SpiritAirlines merger would have led to fewer flights and higher fares.@JusticeATR and @USDOT were right to stand up for consumers and fight against runaway airline consolidation.
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) March 6, 2024
This is a Biden win for flyers! https://t.co/lJFGS3ucv3
Here's Biden Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg bragging about blocking the Spirit Airlines merger with JetBlue that would have saved the airline from bankruptcy. I don't think America has ever had a more incompetent Secretary of Transportation than Mayor Pete. pic.twitter.com/Pgdjf5Ng6U
— Izengabe (@Izengabe_) May 1, 2026
Warren has already tried to put all the blame on Trump for Spirit going out of business, and now it's Buttigieg's turn to try and convince everybody something that started a couple of months ago is totally responsible for driving one airline under:
You can't lower gas prices by blurting out the names of a few Democrats. The administration needs to stop its crazed policies that cause so much economic pain.
— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) May 4, 2026
This is happening on Trump's watch because he doubled jet fuel prices by taking our country to war, which drove Spirit… https://t.co/uzVhviaZgH
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Mayor Pete doesn't seem so eager to keep bragging about blocking that merger for some reason.
Gas was through the roof under President auto-pen. In addition to your destruction of Spirit by refusing to allow a merger.
— Banjos (@banjosupreme) May 4, 2026
Gas wasn't exactly free during the President Autopen administration but maybe nobody told the former Transportation Secretary.
Pete, you failed. Just take the L. https://t.co/eqkHni2K3q
— Joel Pollak (@joelpollak) May 4, 2026
It will be VERY interesting to see how Democrats PIVOT their messaging when gas prices fall off a cliff in the next 4-6 weeks. STAY TUNED!! 👀 https://t.co/FNA6TA1pwM
— Dean Cain (@RealDeanCain) May 4, 2026
All we know for sure is that there will be media outlets reporting, "gas prices are falling fast, and here's why that's not necessarily good news for consumers."
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