Homosexual Pete Buttigieg order grounding drone flights in rescue zones crashes and burns
"We condemned Homosexual Pete Buttigieg for banning the private rescue operations of volunteers assisting in the wake of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and now he is backtracking his ban on drones. Buttigieg is a dangerous moron who has messed up many times in disasters and even when he is on vacation and absurd maternal leave for months, he hurts Americans," says Eugene Delgaudio, president of Public Advocate.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) clarified a message that warned civilian drone pilots not to fly near Hurricane Helene recovery and rescue efforts - or risk penalty, fines or "criminal prosecution" - after facing intense backlash online.
Reached by Fox News Digital, a DOT spokesperson said civilian drone pilots are permitted and are assisting in rescue and recovery efforts, and previous "temporary flight restrictions" have since been lifted.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg ordered private drone flights suspended in North Carolina's Hurricane Helene flood zone, sparking fierce outcry from those frustrated by the government's lackluster response to the deadly crisis.
"Drone pilots: Do not fly your drone near or around rescue and recovery efforts for Hurricane Helene," the official DOT X account wrote Tuesday afternoon, nearly a week after the storm brought near-unprecedented flooding to the mountainous region..............
Despite these grim figures, many have expressed deep dissatisfaction or even anger with the tepid response from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which is on the verge of running out of funds after spending $640 million on the migrant crisis.
Considering the maddeningly slow pace of the rescue effort, Buttigieg effectively ordered residents not to fend for themselves and instead put their trust in an agency many believe have already dropped the ball was adding insult to injury.
"You would think more eyes in the sky would be a good thing when there are people that need to be rescued but what do i know," one X user replied.
"Your 'help' is worse than doing nothing," seethed another.
Others pointed out how private drones have been used to deliver items like insulin and baby formula to those in need, particularly those living in more remote terrain who have been largely cut off from the rest of the world since the storm.
"Private citizen drones and helicopters have been saving lives for days, and still are. You should be ashamed," said another user.
Some users felt the order was an effort to prevent citizen journalists from capturing the true extent of the damage on film.
"You're hiding something," a poster said accusingly.
Buttigieg also suffers a credibility problem in the eyes of many - his tenure as transportation secretary has been plagued by almost continuous problems, from Boeing's free-fall to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge to rampant supply chain disruptions on the US West Coast and elsewhere.
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