The Spirit Airlines debacle was preventable & we have the Biden administration to blame

Fox Across America w/ Jimmy Failla

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4.4 • 840 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 113 minutes

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On this episode of Fox Across America, Jimmy Failla reacts to Spirit Airlines permanently grounding its fleet, and explains how this whole catastrophe could have been avoided if the Biden administration hadn’t blocked a merger between Spirit and JetBlue. Host of “BT Unleashed” on YouTube Brandon Tierney checks in to reflect on the legendary career of the late New York Yankees announcer John Sterling. PLUS, Fox News Anchor Chanley Painter stops by to describe what it was like being called into action to cover the breaking news after a shooting took place at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. [00:00:00] Spirit Airlines permanently ceases operations [00:38:05] Dems begin to rally around Graham Platner [00:56:30] Brandon Tierney [01:15:25] More crazy reactions to SCOTUS gerrymandering decision [01:33:30] Chanley Painter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:57.2	It's Fox Across America with Jimmy Failure.
1:14.3	Oh, girl, the straight is open, but Spirit Airlines is closed. Big Monday episode of Fox Across America.
1:25.4	Donald Trump trying to boost the bottom line of oil companies and world markets writ large by having our military get ships through the strait or for moves.
1:31.6	It comes at the same time that Democrats who blocked the merger between JetBlue and Spirit Airlines, has left 14,000 Spirit employees looking for a job and millions of would-be flyers
1:39.8	looking for a new way to learn karate.
1:42.5	I mean, let's be honest.
1:43.5	Spirit, just as famous for the Fistakuffs as it was for the on-time arrivals should one occur.
1:49.3	But we'll discuss all of it on a very busy Monday episode of Fox Across America.
1:53.7	888-88-98-910 is the phone number. And it's a phone number to call whether you agree or disagree.
2:00.7	I am not an activist.
2:01.9	I am a talk show host. I am a conservative, but I'm not doing a conservative talk show. I am doing
2:06.9	an American talk show. You're all welcome. Be a Republican, be a Democrat, be a libertarian, be an
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