Rep. Eric Swalwell of D-Calif faces a backlash online after President Donald Trump proposed to blame the crash of a small plane in Georgia this weekend.
Swalwell went to social media Monday morning and declared that “more planes crashed” in the first month Trump took office than any other US president. Lawmakers commented in response to a crash of a small private plane this weekend in Covington, Georgia, killing two people.
Social media users quickly began to pile up, calling for what Swalwell saw as an unfair connection with Trump.
“Do you suggest that all of these crashes were caused by changes to policies last month?” one user wrote.
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“You really have a TD. Drink some coffee and take a walk,” wrote another user who goes by the name of Southern Republicanmomma.
Swalwell's office did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Fox News Digital.
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A crash in Georgia caused a single-engine plane to take off from Covington Municipal Airport at 11pm on Saturday. Ground management lost communication with the plane about 20 minutes later, at which point police officers crashed the plane near the runway.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has spoken to the public multiple times about recent crashes of planes in Washington, DC, Philadelphia and elsewhere. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, Getty Images | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Two residents of the plane were announced to have died soon at the scene.
“On February 15, 2025, Covington Police Station officers received a call from the FAA in connection with a single-engine aircraft held at about 11:21pm, and then Covington Municipal Airport was held at around 11:21pm. “There was no further communication from the aircraft after takeoff,” the Covington Police Department said in a statement.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has confirmed that it is investigating a crash.
On Thursday, January 30th, wreckage will be seen on the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. (Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles, US Coast Guard via the AP)
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The incident has been triggered by crash crashes of several other planes in recent weeks. The most dramatic one was the collision between a helicopter and a commercial airliner in the Washington, DC last month.
