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Spirit Airlines\u2019<\/a> sudden collapse has left thousands of passengers and employees scrambling, and now the Trump administration is blaming a blocked Biden-era merger, arguing the airline might have survived if officials hadn\u2019t intervened.<\/p>\n

“History has now said it was the wrong decision,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday.<\/p>\n

“The DOJ should not have pursued litigation against the merger and, again, you wouldn’t have what’s unfolded today.”<\/p>\n

Speaking to “Fox & Friends,” Duffy recounted how his predecessor, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg<\/a>, celebrated that the merger had been stopped in its tracks.<\/p>\n

DUFFY BLAMES BIDEN-BUTTIGIEG TEAM FOR SPIRIT AIRLINES COLLAPSE AFTER BLOCKED MERGER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Buttigieg told CNN in 2023 that the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) history of not getting involved was “changing,” touting the effort to block the merger as a way to ensure passengers “have choices” and “access to low fares” while maintaining “competition.”<\/p>\n

“But I agree with him in the sense that we do want choices. We do want competition,” Duffy said, reacting to the soundbite.<\/p>\n

“That gives us the best price as consumers. But he made the wrong call. If he had taken a deep dive into Spirit and into JetBlue, he would have seen that that merger would have been better for customers, and he still said no to it.”<\/p>\n

DUFFY CLASHES WITH DEMOCRATS OVER DEI FUNDING CUTS, DENIES AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS LET GO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Duffy proceeded to blast the Biden administration’s ideology as a whole, homing in on the merger and on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)<\/a> initiatives that have remained a point of contention among conservatives.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, some lawmakers who advocated for preventing the merger at the time, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren<\/a>, D-Mass., have pointed fingers at the Trump administration<\/a> for Spirit’s demise, arguing that higher fuel costs stemming from the Iran conflict have complicated operations.<\/p>\n

Duffy fired back at that notion.<\/p>\n

“I love that they try to play revisionist politics, they try to come after Donald Trump again. What do they want? A nuclear Iran?” he asked.<\/p>\n

“They’re blaming fuel prices, but you and I both know that Democrats love higher energy prices. They’ve fought for four years to give us higher energy prices,” he added, pointing to high fuel costs in California.<\/p>\n

“Now they’re trying to blame Trump, who wanted American energy dominance?” he added, calling it “insanity.”<\/p>\n

Spirit halted all flights<\/a> and shut down other operations in the early morning hours Saturday, displacing nearly 17,000 employees.<\/p>\n

Federal officials and other airlines moved to assist passengers affected by the event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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