It has been a rough weekend for American air travel, and the proposed fix is not exactly pocket change. Sean Duffy wants Congress to approve $50 billion for the FAA, arguing that the country’s aging technology needs a major overhaul. Marjorie Taylor Greene has questioned the demand, pointing to the billions spent on foreign military operations.
The former Republican congresswoman was particularly unimpressed by Duffy’s press conference following Friday’s nationwide flight shutdown. She accused the transportation secretary of using the disruption to pressure Congress into approving another huge spending package.
“This press conference is unreal bullshit. It’s literally like a shakedown for more money,” Greene wrote on X.
Duffy had explained that outdated telecommunications equipment caused problems with radar and communications systems, forcing the FAA to halt departures nationwide. He said old switches and routers became overloaded with data, producing inconsistent information.
“They started giving us inconsistencies in the data, and because of that, we shut the system down,” Duffy said.
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He also outlined how much money he believes the FAA needs. “The president has asked for $30 billion. I want $50 billion,” he told reporters.
Duffy argued that the country could no longer rely on outdated equipment and temporary fixes. “Let’s not do a patchwork fix to a system that’s critical for every single family,” he said. “It’s not red, it’s not blue, it’s not Democrat, it’s not Republican, it’s American. Give us the money to fix it.”
Greene was having none of it. She questioned why Americans should be asked to pay more when they already contribute enormous amounts in taxes.
“Sec Duffy is demanding more of your hard-earned tax dollars to fix it,” she wrote. “Paying all your taxes, which is like $5.7 TRILLION DOLLARS per year, is NOT enough!!! He is demanding $50 billion immediately to fix systems so that we can all safely fly.”
She also brought up America’s military spending, claiming that Congress and successive administrations had spent around $15 trillion on foreign wars over the past 25 years.
“I mean it doesn’t matter to any of them that the US Congress and every administration has spent like $15 trillion on foreign wars over the past 25 years but yeah you guys gotta fork over 50 billion more dollars so they can finally fix something in America,” Greene added.
Her criticism also extended to Trump’s plans for military spending. She accused the administration of prioritizing another $350 billion for weapons to bomb Iran while American infrastructure continued to struggle.
“But these guys are perfectly fine with their boss, President Trump, demanding another $350 billion for the military so he can have more weapons to go bomb Iran,” she wrote.
Greene also questioned the administration’s explanation for the FAA outage, suggesting it could have been a cyberattack. However, officials said they had not found evidence of one, while acknowledging that the investigation was continuing.
She later pointed out that Trump had not posted about the FAA shutdown on Truth Social, despite his frequent activity on the platform.
The former congresswoman ended her criticism with a broader complaint about government spending, writing: “We are over $40 trillion in debt, and the American people are always put last. Our money is stolen, sent to foreign countries, and wasted on nonstop bullshit that never helps make our country any better.”
This press conference is unreal bullshit. It’s literally like a shakedown for more money.
Basically they are saying,
Hey guys, relax it’s just our “old antiquated systems and old hardware” that went down causing a communication crisis that forced FAA to ground all airplanes in America.
Sec Duffy is demanding more of your hard earned tax dollars to fix it.
Paying all your taxes, which is like $5.7 TRILLION DOLLARS per year is NOT enough!!!
He is demanding $50 billion immediately to fix systems so that we can all safely fly.
I mean it doesn’t matter to any of them that the US Congress and every administration has spent like $15 trillion on foreign wars over the past 25 years but yeah you guys gotta fork over 50 billion more dollars so they can finally fix something in America.
Oh, and by the way, according to Markwayne Mullins, this is a national security risk so Congress needs to handover the money is what he is saying.
They are claiming it’s not a cyber attack, even though there’s been plenty of cyber attacks happening like freezers in Europe, blood banks, Microsoft literally yesterday and more, but they are claiming this is not a cyber attack just “old out of date systems” that the American people have to fork over more fucking money so that we can actually be safe to fly on an airplane.
But these guys are perfectly fine with their boss, President Trump, demanding another $350 billion for the military so he can have more weapons to go bomb Iran.
This is the biggest fuck you to the American people. I’ve never seen anything so pathetic in my life!
We are over $40 trillion in debt and the American people are always put last. Our money is stolen sent to foreign countries and wasted on nonstop bullshit that never helps make our country any better.
Thank God, no one got hurt today, but I am shocked they turned this press conference into a shakedown of more money from the already broke American people!
— Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@FmrRepMTG) November 14, 2026
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