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Major Airports Reject DHS Video Blaming Democrats for Shutdown

Airport operators say the message violates rules against partisan content.

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Transportation Security Administration employees leave a security checkpoint during a shift change at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi L. Noem in the Oval Office of the White House on June 10.
The Bay Area’s major airports have joined a growing number of U.S. airports refusing to play a Transportation Security Administration video in which Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blames Democrats in Congress for the ongoing federal government shutdown.

Overview

  • Authorities overseeing Seattle-Tacoma, Portland, Phoenix Sky Harbor, Spokane, Las Vegas, and New York–area airports, as well as Westchester County and Buffalo/Niagara, said they will not display the DHS clip.
  • The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey cited longstanding policies barring politically partisan messages on airport-controlled screens, echoing similar rules invoked by other airport operators.
  • Charlotte Douglas, Boston Logan and Denver said the video is not playing at their checkpoints, noting that TSA does not have monitors there or that no request to air it was received.
  • DHS said the message began rolling out Oct. 9, and Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin reiterated the video’s theme blaming Democrats while defending the communication to travelers.
  • Multiple outlets report it remains unclear which airports, if any, are airing the clip, as legal concerns center on the Hatch Act and TSA employees continue working without pay during the shutdown.