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Make The Midterms The Spirit Airlines Election

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Posted By: RockyTCB, 5/4/2026 9:45:51 AM

If there’s a lesson to be learned from the collapse of Spirit Airlines, it is that today’s Democratic Party should never be in charge of anything. Does that seem like a stretch? Not when you consider the facts. Four years ago, Spirit and JetBlue started talking about merging operations. Spirit was struggling to stay afloat, thanks in part to the massive run-up in inflation under President Joe Biden. The merger would have been a lifeline to Spirit and would have ensured low-cost competition survived. But Democrats — led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren — decided that they knew better.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Highlander 5/4/2026 10:35:04 AM (No. 2100377)
Not that I would have ever flown with Spirit, communista Lya-what-the-hell-a didn’t kill the merger for the benefit of anyone but herself. There’s a persistent rumor she sold 20,000 shares of stock in Spirit before blocking the merger, making her a nice tidy sum. Since confirmation via financial disclosure takes time, we shall see. This stinks to high heaven if true. Par for the course for criminal Dems like her.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 5/4/2026 10:52:34 AM (No. 2100387)
No doubt that the dims can't get this debacle of theirs out of the news cycle soon enough. What a crying shame that the dims set this airline up to fail by blocking the merger. In addition to Warren, Buttplugs and the Garlic Man have similar blood on their hands for letting Spirit go under. You can sure tell whose interests this corrupt trio had in mind during the merger proceedings in 2024. And it sure wasn't Spirit's. It's up to the pubbies to keep this in the news cycle all the way through the midterms and beyond.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: DVC 5/4/2026 11:08:03 AM (No. 2100393)
My guess is that this airline failure isn't going to register for 95% of Americans, and it will therefore not be significant in their voting choices, unfortunately. And, I don't really know if Spirit combining with JetBlue would have helped either or both.
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