Airports United Against Noemâs TSA Shutdown Soapbox Spectacle
In a plot twist richer than a Hollywood reboot, multiple U.S. airportsâPortland, Seattle, Charlotte, Buffalo, and Vegasâhave collectively told Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to take her government shutdown blame-video and shove it. Released early October 2025 by the Trump administration to hawk the scenario where âDemocrats in Congress refuse to fund the government,â airports cited the 1939 Hatch Act to veto this political PSA from TSA checkpoints, which ironically run with many tired TSA workers on unpaid shifts. Portlandâs Kara Hansen and others hilariously doubled down, referencing policies and laws while denying TSA screens for partisan messaging, forcing DHSâs Tricia McLaughlin to offer a statement with all the enthusiasm of a soggy government brochure. At least airport officials have solidarityâbecause who needs democracy or paychecks when youâve got digital screens to police?
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Nothing says 'safe travel' like an unpaid TSA force muting a political rant from Homeland Securityâs Kristi Noem whoâs blaming Democrats mid-shutdown. Airports flex the Hatch Act like a bouncer turning away the worldâs most awkward party crasher.
Airports throwing shade at a government shutdown PSA? Imagine TSA agents sitting in now, unpaid, while managers play political cop, because nothing says ânational securityâ like a dance-off with the Hatch Act.
Kristi Noemâs shutdown blame-video got rejected by more airports than a bad karaoke singer at a PFLAG mixer. TSA checkpoints: where you scan souls, not party lines.
Source: Axios | Published: 10/14/2025 | Author: Avery Lotz
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