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Sean Duffy: “Spirit went into bankruptcy a second time last year.”

Featuring: Sean Duffy, Republican | Secretary of Transportation | National

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Published | Video Starts at 05:10

… said, oh, we want, we want competition, which you and I both want competition as well. But Spirit was failing. They needed a partner. Right after they denied that merger, Spirit went into bankruptcy a second time last year. So Spirit was on the death march. And so when they went out of business, I worked with the CEOs of these companies, so did the president, to make sure they were going to accommodate all of the passengers. (05:10–05:15)

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Asserts that Spirit Airlines filed for bankruptcy twice, with the second occurrence last year.

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