Overview
- Airports declining to display the clip include New York’s JFK, LaGuardia and Newark, plus Atlanta, Chicago O’Hare, Phoenix, Seattle and San Francisco, according to officials.
- The 30–36 second video began rolling out Oct. 9 and features Secretary Kristi Noem saying Democrats refuse to fund the government and that most TSA employees are working without pay.
- Port authorities in Portland and Seattle said airing the video would violate the Hatch Act, with some airports also pointing to state laws that bar partisan use of public assets.
- Several hubs said they lack TSA-controlled monitors at checkpoints or never received a request, including Boston Logan and Charlotte Douglas, which reserve limited screens for essential traveler information.
- More than 61,000 of TSA’s roughly 64,000 employees are working without pay during the shutdown, even as DHS continues distributing and defending the message.