Robyn Smith 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ retweetledi

NOBODY IS TELLING YOU HOW FUCKED THE SPIRIT AIRLINES SITUATION ACTUALLY IS RIGHT NOW.
Everyone is watching Duffy's press conference. Nobody is connecting what the government actually did here.
Here's what you need to understand:
→ Spirit was bleeding cash in 2022 — JetBlue offered $3,800,000,000 to save it
→ The Biden DOJ sued to block the deal in March 2023 — argued it would "raise prices for consumers"
→ A federal judge sided with the DOJ in January 2024 and killed the merger
→ Elizabeth Warren went on camera and called it a "Biden win for fliers"
→ JetBlue walked away in March 2024 and paid a $69,000,000 breakup fee just to escape
→ Spirit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November 2024
→ Spirit filed for bankruptcy AGAIN in August 2025
→ The airline the government "protected" no longer exists
They're showing you a Transportation Secretary losing his temper on camera.
They're NOT showing you that the government blocked a $3,800,000,000 rescue deal to "protect competition" — and now there is no airline AND less competition.
→ Spirit is gone
→ JetBlue lost $69,000,000 in breakup fees
→ Every Spirit route is now either dead or absorbed by larger carriers
→ The price-sensitive travelers Warren claimed to protect have fewer options and higher fares
The DOJ argued the merger would harm consumers.
The merger dying harmed consumers.
"History has judged the denial of the JetBlue-Spirit merger under Biden as a MASSIVE MISTAKE."
That's not a political opponent saying it. That's the sitting Transportation Secretary. On the record. In public.
It's a collapse.
Many people will regret not following me sooner, trust me.


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