Mark Kelly: If Trump gets credit for zero airline deaths, he should get credit for...gun deaths
Source: The Hill
Mark Kelly: If Trump gets credit for zero airline deaths, he should get credit for tens of thousands of gun deaths
BY MAX GREENWOOD - 01/02/18 04:32 PM EST
Retired astronaut Mark Kelly on Wednesday said that President Trump should be willing to take responsibility for tens of thousands of gun deaths in the U.S. in 2017, after the president took credit for commercial aviation seeing its safest year on record.
In a tweet, Kelly said that the Transportation Department, the Federal Aviation Administration, NASA and commercial airlines were largely responsible for the industry's safety record in 2017.
Link to tweet
Kelly's comment came hours after Trump boasted that he had been "very strict" on commercial aviation since taking office, though he did say elaborate on what steps he took to improve airline safety.
Kelly is a staunch advocate for tightening gun control. His wife, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, was shot and critically injured in 2011. The couple has vocally spoken in support of tougher gun laws.
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mcar
(42,374 posts)Paladin
(28,273 posts)Freethinker65
(10,052 posts)He has not even begun to privatize infrastructure yet. He has done absolutely nothing, which is one reason why air travel has been pretty much unchanged. Just wait until the GOP deregulates and privatizes air travel. It will great until something goes terribly wrong.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)Is Michael Huerta, a Democrat, who was appointed to a 5 year term by President Obama in 2013.
Bengus81
(6,932 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)Run for Flakes seat
TeamPooka
(24,255 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,292 posts)for giving America the yardstick to measure your failures.
LuckyLib
(6,820 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)He would be great in any seat.
keithbvadu2
(36,914 posts)When Trump accepted the GOP nomination:
"I have a message for all of you: the crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon come to an end," he said. "Beginning on January 20th, 2017, safety will be restored."
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/21/politics/republican-convention-highlights-day-four/index.html
MiniMe
(21,718 posts)That isn't how it works
Historic NY
(37,453 posts)Trump Celebrates Tax Bill With Mar-a-Lago Friends: You All Just Got a Lot Richer
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/12/trump-celebrates-tax-bill-with-mar-a-lago-friends-you-all-just-got-a-lot-richer.html
Meanwhile
[link:https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/12/11/2017-deemed-deadliest-year-for-mass-shootings-in-modern-us-histo/23298797/|
Mean while he is going to fight the opioid crisis w/o budgeting any money. His ace dumb-ass side kick is put in charge Kelly Ann.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Post hoc ergo prompter hoc. It does beg the question though, what did he say at the convention in regards to airline safety protocols...?
FakeNoose
(32,766 posts)tavernier
(12,401 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)heathcare that he and the other Repugnants are taking away?
Farmer-Rick
(10,212 posts)They give their Gods credit for all the good things. But all the starving children, the abused children who die, the poor and suffering, the mass suffering from wars and more wars, death of a loved one, God is not blamed for all the bad stuff.
Just like Trump gets credit for a marginally mediocre economy but not blamed for the continuing high numbers of foreclosures and bankruptcies.