New statement from President Trump on the DCA plane crash, says it looks like the tragedy “should have been prevented.”

UPDATE: National Security Advisor Mike Walz just moments ago on Fox News confirmed that "about 30 bodies" have been recovered from the waters around DCA. He also said that around 4am ET this morning the operation transitioned from "rescue to recovery."

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy:

"To back up what the president said, what I've seen so far, do I think this was preventable, absolutely."

SEN COTTON: I support Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to lead ODNI, and I look forward to working with her to overhaul and reform American’s intelligence agencies.

Democrat senators are already a NO on Kash, even if he performs well:

REPORTER: "Are there any circumstances where you could vote for him if he answers some questions satisfactorily?"

DURBIN: "I doubt it...He should not be the head of the FBI."

Shame.

Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley praises Kash Patel for revealing the dirty little truth about RussiaGate:

"Mr. Patel showed that Crossfire Hurricane was based upon fraudulent, discredited information paid for by the Democratic National Committee."

Amazing. Sen. Thom Thillis flashes the K$H Bingo card openly mocking exactly what buzzwords he expects from Democrats during Kash Patel's confirmation hearing.

BOOM! Sen. Tom Cotton just put Democrats on notice if they dare suggest that Tulsi Gabbard is a "Russian Asset":

"She has undergone five FBI background checks. I spent more than two hours last week reviewing the latest. Putting eyes on more than 300 pages. It's clean as a whistle."

"I sincerely hope that no one today will impugn Ms. Gabbard's patriotism and integrity."

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MUST WATCH: Here is Kash Patel's FULL opening statement at his confirmation hearing to become the next Director of the FBI.

This was excellent from Kash. Bravo.

Kash Patel with a mic drop moment responding to Democrat Sen. Whitehouse:

"The only thing that will matter if confirmed is a deweaponized, depoliticized system of law enforcement, completely devoted to rigorous obedience to the Constitution and a singular standard of justice."

Tulsi Gabbard SLAMS detractors calling her a "puppet" of anyone other than God and the Constitution:

"Those who oppose my nomination imply that I am loyal to something or someone other than God, my own conscience, and the Constitution of the United States...The fact is, what truly unsettles my political opponents is I refuse to be their puppet."

INCREDIBLE! Kash Patel just DISMANTLED Amy Klobuchar's attacks in an explosive exchange:

KASH: "If the best attacks on me are going to be false accusations and grotesque mischaracterizations the only thing this body is doing is defeating the credibility the men and women of the FBI. I stood with them, here in the country, in every theater of war we have I was on the ground in service to this nation. Any accusations leveled against me that I would somehow put political bias before the Constitution are grotesquely unfair, and I will remind you, that I have been endorsed by over 300,000 law enforcement officers to become the next Director of the FBI. Let's ask them."

BOOM!!

President Trump slams the diversity push at the FAA:

"My administration will set the highest possible bar for aviation safety. Doesn't matter what they look like. They have to be talented..."

"I do want to point out that, various articles, that appeared prior to my entering office. And here's one. The FAA's diversity push includes focus on hiring people with severe intellectual and psychiatric disabilities. That is amazing. And then it says FAA says people with severe disabilities are most underrepresented segment of the workforce. And they want them in. And they can be air traffic controllers. I don't think so. That was, a week before I entered office. They put a big push to put diversity into the FAA's program."

President Trump takes aim at former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg:

"He's a disaster. He was a disaster as a mayor. He ran his city into the ground. And he's a disaster now, he's just got a good line of bulls***... He's run [the Department of Transportation] right into the ground with his 'diversity.'"

Josh Hawley asks if Kash Patel will investigate and find out who was responsible at the FBI for sending special agents to "look into" parents who went to school board meetings:

KASH: "Absolutely, senator."

Brad Mims, Deputy Administrator at the FAA in 2023:

"We are looking for the best and brightest to join us as air traffic controllers. We need a diverse group of air traffic controllers to bring distinct perspective to handle the ever-changing aerospace landscape. I'm calling on students and alumni from HBCUs, Hispanic serving institutions, and tribal colleges to apply now to become air traffic controllers."

Tulsi Gabbard with an "I told you so" on the fall of the Assad Regime in Syria:

"I shed no tears for the fall of the Assad regime, but today we have an Islamist extremist who's now in charge of Syria...who danced on the streets to celebrate the 9/11 attack..."

BREAKING: Initial FAA report indicates staffing at air control tower was “not normal.”

DISASTER OVER THE POTOMAC — What We Know:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-charlie-kirk-show/id1460600818?i=1000687251222