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Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy pushed back against former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s “complaints” Friday on Fox Business following his announcement of DOT collaborating with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Duffy took to X on Wednesday, posting that his department will team up with the DOGE team to “plug in to help upgrade our aviation system.” In response, Clinton quoted the post, saying the DOGE team had “no relevant experience” and added that most members aren’t “old enough to rent a car.”

“And you’re going to let them mess with airline safety that’s already deteriorated on your watch?” Clinton asked.

Appearing on “The Bottom Line,” Duffy was asked about Clinton’s pushback. He said he welcomed the fight, adding that the system hasn’t been “updated in decades.”

“Listen, I wasn’t going to let it stand. Hillary Clinton wants to engage in a fight about a system that hasn’t been updated in decades,” Duffy said. “They tried to update it for the last 20 or 30 years and haven’t been able to do it. We’re using World War II technology. I’m not going to listen to Hillary Clinton.”

“We think of DOGE as maybe a cutting body where we’re going to look at the efficiency of government by cutting. I went to Elon Musk and said, ‘I need you to help me build. What are the best ideas from the engineers that Elon Musk has access to, but also on the Hill or in industry? Let’s all come together and envision an air traffic control system that will be safer, that will allow for more efficiencies, make sure people don’t die in our airspace. Maybe let’s do it in a year or two years. Let’s revolutionize the way this system works,’” Duffy added.

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In response to Clinton’s post, Duffy called out the former presidential candidate, saying, “With all due respect, ‘experienced’ Washington bureaucrats are the reason our nation’s infrastructure is crumbling. You need to sit this one out.”

“I’m not going to go to Hillary Clinton. I’m not going to talk to her. But a guy that launches Teslas into space, launches people into space, rockets into space and then catches those rockets taken, I sure as hell am going to talk to that guy. That’s the guy I want to talk to make sure I have the right system in place,” Duffy said.

“If you want to complain about that, whoever does have at me. But I want the best minds, and Elon has access to them,” Duffy said. “That’s why I’m having a conversation with them in this space, and have at it Hillary! Hillary and Bill know a lot about 22-year-olds. They can have that conversation. But I want the engineers that are 22-years-old helping US out.”

Just a day after Duffy was confirmed to his position, an American Airlines passenger jet collided with a military helicopter near Washington Reagan National Airport on the evening of Jan. 29, killing all involved. Shortly after, on Jan. 31, a small jet crashed into a neighborhood in northeastern Philadelphia, killing all six people on board and injuring 19 bystanders.

(Featured Image Media Credit: Screenshot/Fox Business/”The Bottom Line”)

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