Airports Reject DHS Video Blaming Democrats for Shutdown as Some TSA Screens Play It

Overview

• Detroit Metropolitan and Bismarck airports confirmed the Kristi Noem video was running on TSA-controlled monitors.
• Albany International said the message appeared on TSA-owned screens without notice and was later removed under its no-politics policy.
• Portland, Seattle-Tacoma, Las Vegas’s Harry Reid, Westchester County, and the NFTA declined to display it, citing the Hatch Act or longstanding bans on partisan content.
• Legal specialists told CNN the video may violate the Hatch Act by using government resources for political messaging.
• Ownership of checkpoint monitors varies between TSA and airports, and it remains unclear whether the federal government will attempt to penalize facilities that refuse.