Marjorie Taylor Greene has attacked the White House briefing at which the Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy, asked for $50 billion for air traffic control. It is the first notable Republican criticism of the request.
In a post on X reported by The Hill, the Georgia Republican accused Duffy and the Homeland Security Secretary, Markwayne Mullin, of using Friday's nationwide ground stop to demand taxpayer money. The Nerd Stash reports she called it "literally like a shakedown for more money".
The Hill reports that Greene also claimed the two men were lying and that the outage was "obviously" a cyber attack. She gave no evidence for this. Officials say there is no indication of a cyber attack, although Mullin has not formally ruled one out.
Greene's post cited about $15 trillion spent on foreign wars over 25 years, according to The Hill. That figure has not been independently checked.
The Hill says the Department of Transportation and the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment.