Hours-long passport queues and hold-ups as a result of the government shutdown have left the GOP livid — and members are now trying to blame the Democratic Party.
The partial shutdown has seen an increase in wait times for travelers, with the official Homeland Security X account posting a video of hundreds of people queued up. They wrote, “SECURITY LINES OUT THE DOOR. Americans are now missing their flights because of the Democrats’ shutdown of DHS.
“Their political stunt is forcing patriotic TSA officers to work without pay — leading to financial hardship, absences, and crippling staffing shortages. Enough is enough: Democrats must fund DHS NOW.”
Fellow Republican representatives also called on the Democratic Party to push the bill through the House and end the partial shutdown — despite the GOP holding a majority in both the House and the Senate.
Lauren Bis, a spokeswoman for the DHS, also backed the Homeland Security’s statement when speaking to The Daily Beast. She said, “These political stunts force patriotic TSA officers, who protect our skies from serious threats, to work without pay.
“These frontline heroes received only partial paychecks earlier this month and now face their first full missed paycheck, leading to financial hardship, absences, and crippling staffing shortages.”
The official TSA account has also thrown its support behind the Homeland Security post. They added, “Enough is enough. The Democrat shutdown of DHS must end!”
Republican Party rep Ken Calvert has also criticized the shutdown, adding, “As we get closer to the busy Spring Break travel season, airport delays for you and your family will only grow worse because Democrats refuse to join Republicans in funding our TSA agents.”
Fellow GOP reps are up in arms about the shutdown too, with Louisiana rep Jeff Landry saying the Democrats “have no shame” in continuing the shutdown to win “political points”. Ted Cruz, the GOP rep for Texas, added, “The Dem shutdown of DHS NEEDS TO END.”
Democratic Party Congressman Troy A. Carter has since called on the GOP to work with reps to bring the shutdown to an end.
He wrote, “Republicans are refusing to negotiate to stop this shutdown because they don’t want to hold @DHSgov accountable for ICE agents MURDERING U.S. citizens.
“Our TSA workers at MSY deserve to be paid, and Republicans need to stop trying to rewrite the truth and work with Democrats to end this shutdown to make it happen.”
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