Several Airports Refuse to Broadcast Video of Kristi Noem Blaming Democrats For The Government Shutdown

Several airports across the country are refusing to broadcast a video of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the federal government shutdown.

Reports say at least five airports so far are refusing to play the video at TSA checkpoints: Portland International in Oregon, Seattle-Tacoma in Washington, and three different airports in New York.

In the video distributed to ports across the country, Noem says, “Democrats in Congress refuse to fund the federal government, and because of this, many of our operations are impacted, and most of our TSA employees are working without pay.”

She continued, “We will continue to do all that we can to avoid delays that will impact your travel, and our hope is that Democrats will soon recognize the importance of opening the government.”

In a statement to The Seattle Times, the Port of Seattle said it would “not play the video on its screens at SEA Airport, due to the political nature of the content. We continue to urge bipartisan efforts to end the government shutdown and are working to find ways to support federal employees working without pay at SEA during the shutdown.”

Portland International Airport told a local ABC News affiliate, “We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits using public assets for political purposes and messaging.”

The Hatch Act restricts the political activities of federal employees to maintain a “nonpartisan workforce.”

New York’s Westchester County Airport called the video “inappropriate, unacceptable, and inconsistent with the values we expect from our nation’s top public officials.”

Also in New York, the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, which operates Buffalo Niagara and Niagara Falls International airports, told a local NBC News station, “Its long-standing policy” prohibits using public service advertising for “partisan messaging.”

Three TSA officers told Forbes “people are very put-off by this rhetoric” and “we feel sickened.”

Both Democrats and Republicans have dug in over the issue of health care as laid out in President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.

Watch the video above, via the Department of Homeland Security.