If not for President Trump, we would have had our military not getting paid for a second time. And they're protecting us around the world. Our air traffic controllers are not getting paid. And we see what's happening there. 80% call out in the New York traffic control area alone. You saw Secretary Duffy say yesterday that if we didn't have our controllers paid by Thanksgiving, he was going to shut down the commercial airspace because of safety. (05:07–05:12)
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Asserts that there is an 80% call-out rate among air traffic controllers in the New York area.
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