This is an all-out rebellion…
“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” Molly Prescott, spokeswoman for the Port of Portland, which operates Portland International Airport, told The Washington Post.
“This is the first time to our knowledge that the Port has declined to play a video,” she added.
The Hatch Act of 1939 prohibits federal employees from engaging in partisan political behavior while on the job and is designed to prevent the party in power from abusing the apparatus of government.
“I’m Kristi Noem, the United States Secretary of Homeland Security. It is TSA’s top priority to make sure that you have the most pleasant and efficient airport experience as possible while we keep you safe,” Noem says in the video. “However, 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. 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 addition to being a ludicrous abuse of power, Noem is shamelessly lying. Republicans control every branch of government. They caused this shutdown by refusing to grant the Democrats’ demand for an extension to crucial Affordable Care Act subsidies. MAGA is hellbent on gutting healthcare — even after the “big, beautiful bill” slashed $1 trillion from Medicaid — and Democrats are digging in to stop them on behalf of the American people.
According to the Post’s report, over half a dozen markets are refusing to play the video. Officials at the Buffalo, Charlotte, Cleveland, Portland, Phoenix, and Seattle airport have all stated that it violates internal policies about political messaging or violates state or federal laws.
County Executive Ken Jenkins described the Noem video as “inconsistent with the values we expect from our nation’s top public officials” and “unnecessarily alarmist” while discussing Westchester’s refusal to run it.
Rob Britton, a former American Airlines executive, told the Post that he’s “been around this business a long, long time” and can’t recall any precedent for Noem’s video.
MAGA isn’t even trying to hide what they’re doing anymore. They’re exploiting every lever of power at their disposal to entrench their rule as Trump’s popularity craters. There has never been a more corrupt White House in American history, and every single one of these crooks must be held responsible for their actions.
In the meantime, we can all take a lesson from the airports that are refusing to air Noem’s video. When it comes to fascism, never surrender so much as an inch of ground.
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