Fox News host blames FAA system outage on “changing the word ‘airmen’ because a transvestite pilot might get offended”
Jesse Watters: “They're not spending money on these computers ... They're changing the word 'airmen' because a transvestite pilot might get offended”
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Citation From the January 11, 2023, edition of Fox News' The Five
JESSE WATTERS (CO-HOST): Here's what I want. If this happens, I want to see ferocity. I want to see someone like, "This is unacceptable! This is never going to happen again. This cannot happen again and I'm going to get to the bottom of this and I'm going to stay here and take every single question." But Pete -- and this is why he looks so good -- he looks like he's twelve because the guy's never stressed. He's like, "You know what? We'll get too -- we'll fix it. We got this."
No, I don't want that. And I'm not saying it's his fault, I'm not saying he downloaded some virus from this computer and it wrecked the whole system, although I'm not ruling that out. But he sets the tone for the FAA. And the tone is woke. Because they're not spending money on these computers, these computers are 40 years old. They're changing the word "airmen" because a transvestite pilot might get offended? Like, she's not going to take off, or he's not going to take off because she's called an airman --
GREG GUTFELD (CO-HOST): They, Jesse.
JEANINE PIRRO (CO-HOST): They.
WATTERS: It's impossible.
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GUTFELD: Did you say transvestite?
JESSICA TARLOV (CO-HOST): He did. He said "transvestite."
GUTFELD: There's a word you don't hear from --
WATTERS: We'll talk about it during the commercial break.
TARLOV: It's 2023.
WATTERS: Well, wait a second. Okay, well let's get into this. What is the difference?