Trump administration airs video at airports blaming Democrats for government shutdown [View all]
Source: Reuters
October 9, 2025 6:11 PM EDT Updated 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday began airing a video at airports across the country that blames Democrats for a nine-day-old government shutdown that has prompted significant flight delays.
Some 13,000 air traffic controllers and about 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers must still turn up for work during the government shutdown, but they are not being paid. They are set to get a partial paycheck next week for work performed before the shutdown began. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed the video had begun airing at U.S. airports.
The video features Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem saying "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," the video says.
Democratic lawmakers have refused to vote for a Republican bill that would provide stopgap government funding because it does not include funds to subsidize health insurance for low-income Americans. Fox News originally reported that the video was being shown at airports.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-airs-video-airports-blaming-democrats-shutdown-2025-10-09/
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