Pete Buttigieg brazenly offended the entire state of New Jersey with his brutal take on the recent drone ‘invasion’ that has stirred widespread outcry over the last month.
The US Transportation Secretary was grilled over the recent ‘SUV-sized’ drone sightings disrupting the Garden State and the suspected ‘alien invasion’ as he appeared on The Breakfast Show, co-hosted by popular television personality Charlamagne tha God.
Buttigieg boldly claimed that New Jersey would be a ‘very unlikely’ spot for an aliens to set up camp in the opening minutes of the near 38-minute interview.
‘I mean no disrespect to New Jersey when I say I think it’s very unlikely that an alien invasion would begin in New Jersey,’ the former South Bend, Indiana mayor said.
Co-host DJ Envy chimed in telling the 42-year-old politician to ‘watch your mouth’ while sharing that all three of the show’s hosts reside in New Jersey.
‘I love New Jersey. I’m just saying I don’t think that’s the main point of entry that an extraterrestrial would… unless there’s something we don’t know about,’ Buttigieg added, before explaining his pick for a possible alien landing.
‘I would go for someplace in the Pacific where there’s no inhabited space for a couple of hundred miles so that I could get kind of my bearings before I go anywhere anyone is going to see me, right?’ he said.
Charlamagne curiously rebutted Buttigieg’s statement asking: ‘What if they’ve been watching us for years already?’
‘Yea, maybe, I don’t know,’ Buttigieg said.
‘Secretary Pete knows something,’ Charlamagne quickly replied.
The probing discussion has since garnered a range of reactions from followers on social media.
‘With all disrespect to Pete Buttigieg, it is very likely an alien invasion would absolutely begin in New Jersey,’ a user on X commented.
‘So basically Jersey isn’t on the radar for intelligent life,’ another commented.
Another added: ‘Buttigieg never said it WAS NOT an invasion.’
‘Sec of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is responsible for the safety of American skies. Yet, we’ve got unidentified drones buzzing over New Jersey, and Pothole Pete is nowhere to be found…’ a user on X chimed in.
The mass drone sightings, beginning in late November, primarily over New Jersey and parts of neighboring states, have raised alarm among Americans who are increasingly concerned foreign entities are behind the mysterious unmanned aircrafts.
Meanwhile, White House officials continue to downplay the concerns despite overwhelming public outcry and repeated calls from government officials demanding action and answers.
President Joe Biden said: ‘We’re following this closely, but so far no sense of danger,’ the 82-year-old said in a White House briefing. ‘There’s a lot of drones authorized up there,’ in a statement released on Tuesday.
‘I think one started it and they all – everybody wanted to get in the deal,’ he added, seemingly referring to a “copycat” theory as a possible source for the copious drone sightings.
In addition, the Federal Aviation Administration has announced a ‘temporary ban’ over parts of New Jersey until mid-January, warning that the government may respond with ‘deadly force’ against drones that pose a threat.
However, on Thursday, New Jersey’s Governor Phil Murphy warned that the concerning influx of drone sightings over the state the is a ‘wake-up call’ to the country’s vulnerability to potential foreign attacks.
‘Now we can say this based on the most sophisticated drone detection systems on the planet that started to arrive in New Jersey last Friday and Saturday, there is no public threat here, period. I could say that unequivocally,’ Murphy said on News 12 New Jersey’s ‘Ask Gov. Murphy’ program.
‘The part that should worry really out there is the vulnerability that we as a nation have to drone incursions,’ Murphy said. ‘It’s a big issue.’
‘We as a nation are vulnerable. We must address that. We must address it sooner than later, and New Jersey’s not immune.’
Since drones were first seen flying above the Garden State on November 18, the FBI has received over 5,000 tips about sightings, just in the tri-state area alone, according to a statement released on Monday by the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, the FAA and the Department of Defense.
