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Mike Johnson: “53% of flight delays are now attributed to personnel…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson Joins All Things with Kim Strassel (Wall Street Journal)

Published | Video Starts at 04:23

By the way, if your flight is delayed today or in the coming days, it's because the Senate Democrats are doing that to you. Because Sean Duffy, the Secretary of transportation, said yesterday 53% of flight delays are now attributed to personnel shortages. We don't have people in the towers because we're asking them to work in these high stress jobs without pay. They can't handle the stress of it. (04:23–04:28)

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