.MaddowBlog: Sen. Cruz tries (and fails) to exploit Southwest Airlines troubles.
Southwest Airlines did not have a good weekend. A combination of some weather disruptions and air-traffic-control issues in Florida cascaded into hundreds of delayed and canceled flights.
Ordinarily, this wouldn't be especially notable. By Tuesday, the mess was largely resolved; stranded passengers were rebooked; Southwest's CEO issued an apology; and the travel world was ready to move on. But as it turns out, there was an unexpected political dimension to all of this. The Associated PressWhen Southwest Airlines canceled more than 2,000 flights over the weekend, citing bad weather and air traffic control issues, unsupported claims blaming vaccine mandates began taking off. Conservative politicians and pundits, including Republican Sen.
I can appreciate the simplicity of the logic: President Joe Biden unveiled a new policy related to vaccines; major U.S. airlines required employees to get vaccinated; and Southwest Airlines had a rough weekend. Ergo, the White House is to blame for the flights Southwest had to delay and cancel. The problem, of course, is the whole correlation/causation problem. Yes, Biden is trying to end the pandemic by getting people vaccinated, and yes, Southwest experienced some troubles, but according to the airline, its pilots' union, and the Federal Aviation Administration, the former is unrelated to the latter.
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