Duffy Called Out After Repeatedly Claiming 'It's Clear' Biden's to Blame for Air Traffic Control Issues: 'This Admin is a Joke'

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is facing intense backlash online after repeatedly claiming that the Biden administration could have prevented recent air traffic control issues.

Duffy spoke to reporters Monday to address the recent outages and safety concerns affecting Newark Liberty International Airport. The New Jersey airport has been hit by several outages over the last two weeks, forcing delays for hundreds of flights and cancellations for dozens of others.

The transportation secretary used the press conference to share that the Trump administration was going to "move fast" to fix the problems affecting aviation safety, but not without taking some jabs at the previous administration.

"We've all been reporting and seeing what's happening at Newark airport, and I think it is clear that the blame belongs with the last administration. Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden did nothing to fix the system that they knew was broken," he said.

Although Duffy later relinquished that "the cracks that you are now seeing today were highlighted actually over the last 34 years," he insisted that President Donald Trump had a plan "to actually fix" that before the 2020 election. However, that plan was derailed after losing to Biden.

Duffy's announcement fell to the wayside online after dozens of users zoned in on his language blaming the Biden administration for problems now happening nearly four months after Biden left office.

"Dude, take some 'effin accountability," one user commented. Another wrote, "This administration is a joke."

"Anything bad is Biden's fault, anything good is because of Trump. Got it," one user chided.

Others referred back to earlier this year when the Trump administration laid off hundreds of FAA employees as part of cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency's efforts to reduce government spending.

"Did Biden fire aviation workers because of DEI?" one user questioned.

"Please put him in his place. DOGE gutted the FAA. Fired air traffic controllers. Duffy was consulted. It is HIS job to *fix* it," another user declared.

Duffy has requested billions of dollars to overhaul and fix air traffic control systems across the country. He warned at the press conference that other airports could see similar issues happening in the future, but insisted that the Trump administration was actively focused on addressing the problem.

"President Trump and I do not run away from challenges. We are fixing it," Duffy wrote in a post to X.