VP Vance calls on US 'to do a better job' with aviation safety after 'incredibly heartbreaking' DC plane crash

President Trump, Vice President Vance, and Cabinet Secretaries Pete Hegseth and Sean Duffy spoke to members of the press about the catastrophe from the White House briefing room last week, cautioning against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) hiring practices they pinned on the Biden administration. 

"I do think that we also have to do a better job at the policy so that we make sure that aviation is as safe as it possibly can [be]," Vance, speaking on a similar note, told Bartiromo.

"Now, we haven't had an aviation accident like this in about 15 or 20 years. We want to make sure that we try to never have an aviation accident like this again, or at least make them as minimal as possible and that does mean that we have to talk about the policies now," he added.

Vance speculated that the Biden and Obama administrations contributed to the state of aviation in America, including shortages of air traffic controllers. 

The Vice President went on to explain the unfortunate reality that, due to Biden's standards, America doesn't have the "best and brightest" in those positions. More importantly, he told Bartiromo, it means that even when good people are hired in those roles, they're typically over-stressed about having to work long hours due to chronic staffing shortages among air traffic controllers.

"This is a scandal, thankfully, that has stopped under the leadership of President Trump," he added. "It's why I'm actually optimistic about aviation safety, but it's also why we've had way too many near-misses and, unfortunately, a fatal crash just a couple of days ago."