This doesn’t strike me as being terribly logical, or as a winning strategy politically… but maybe it’ll get reversed within hours, kind of like that El Paso Airport (ELP) shut down (update: yeah, that’s exactly what happened, at least partially)?
In this post:
DHS shuts down TSA PreCheck & Global Entry with bad logic
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is suspending both the TSA PreCheck and Global Entry programs (which offer expedited security and immigration, respectively). This applies as of 6AM ET on Sunday, February 22, 2026. To be clear, we’re not just talking about enrollment being suspended, but we’re talking about actual use of the programs being suspended.
This is being blamed on the current partial government shutdown that we’re seeing, which is due to Democrats and the White House being unable to reach a deal on legislation to fund the DHS, with Democrats demanding changes to immigration operations that are key to President Trump’s deportation efforts. During shutdowns, government employees may not be paid, so the concern is that fewer workers will show up.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has said in a statement that “shutdowns have serious real world consequences,” and “TSA and CBP are prioritizing the general traveling population at our airports and ports of entry and suspending courtesy and special privilege escorts.”
Democrats on the House Committee on Homeland Security have criticized this decision, saying that the Trump administration is “kneecapping the programs that make travel smoother and secure,” and is accusing the Trump administration of “ruining your travel on purpose.”
This is intended to punish the public, make a point
Let’s take politics out of this for a moment. The intent of TSA PreCheck and Global Entry is that it expedites the security and immigration processes, by granting these privileges to prescreened travelers. So it doesn’t just save travelers time, but it also saves those performing the screening services time… it’s more efficient for everyone!
TSA PreCheck lanes screen more people her hour than standard screening lanes, since the screening standards aren’t quite as strict. The same is true for Global Entry, where much of the work with clearing travelers is done by machines.
So if you have concerns about staffing shortages — as is being claimed here — keeping those services open should be a priority. Like, I don’t need to write another 10 paragraphs about this, because it’s that simple… that’s just the truth.
If you need to screen 100 travelers and have fixed resources, would you rather have a system where each passenger takes two minutes to be screened, or a system where half of the passengers take two minutes to be screened, and the other half take one minute to be screened? Because that’s what’s happening here.
Would anyone like to make a counterpoint (other than accusing others of having “TDS”)? What Noem is saying here is complete drivel:
- “Shutdowns have serious real world consequences” — you’re right that they do, but this one that you’re manufacturing isn’t among them
- “TSA and CBP are prioritizing the general traveling population at our airports and ports of entry” — okay, then keep the TSA PreCheck and Global Entry programs going, because screening those passengers more efficiently will leave more time to screen the “general traveling population”
Bottom line
The Trump administration has shut down the TSA PreCheck and Global Entry programs. This is being done due to the partial government shutdown, and the claim is that this is so that screeners can focus on the general population of travelers. That makes no sense, though — TSA PreCheck and Global Entry require less staffing than standard lanes, so this will make the situation worse for the average traveler, and not better.
Would anyone care to defend this policy? Can anyone help me understand Noem’s math or logic?
No one gives a hoot.
The sky is falling! Who wrote this--Chicken Little?
We need to encourage people to vacation in America again not abroad. Hawaii and Florida would welcome the traditional groups back especially middle class families, stop going to Europe and elsewhere they don’t like us.
Or maybe we want a break from living under a cruel and incompetent regime. Europe doesn’t hate all Americans, just the fascist ones who voted for Trump.
I use Nexus which is the Canadian name for the programme. Today people using the Nexus line in Toronto were told it was closed as Trump had cancelled the programme.
When You use Nexus at the airport in Canada you get to use a fast lane. There is no one in the lane that works for homeland security-it just gets you up to the customs and immigration booths faster. So it takes no extra...
I use Nexus which is the Canadian name for the programme. Today people using the Nexus line in Toronto were told it was closed as Trump had cancelled the programme.
When You use Nexus at the airport in Canada you get to use a fast lane. There is no one in the lane that works for homeland security-it just gets you up to the customs and immigration booths faster. So it takes no extra people everybody going into the states has to go through customs and immigration. As usual another bat…t lie
But this isn’t my favourite story about the crazy stuff happening in the White House. My favourite today is the hospital ship that Trump is sending to Greenland. Despite Greenland and Denmark saying they have no idea what he’s talking about. And despite the fact that the US has two hospital ships and both are in dry dock. Never mind, the fact that Denmark rescued a US sailor on a US ship in international Waters, who was ill and needed medical attention. You can’t make this crap up.
How is this possibly good for the people who paid for these elections?
Yeah, the GE suspension is upsetting because sometimes that’s the difference between a smooth arrival from overseas verses missing a connection. I see Ben’s subsequent post that they’ve backtracked on TSA, but really get GE running again, please.
Another attempt to distract from the Epstein files.
Trump is in there 38,000 times, of course that is the play
Well done, DHS! Keep going!
People are currently reporting that Pre Check is open. I just checked the Miami Airport website and it indicated current wait time at PreCheck Entrance 5 is 3 minutes. So not sure what is going on,
the current govt will do harm to anyone if it benefits themselves.
ANY government will do harm if it benefits themselves.
Take the blinders off
Tim you stupid twat, stop the false equivalence
Woah you can say twat here?
In this instance, yes. Because in this context it is a factually correct statements.
I get the feeling this will get fixed soon as the total cluster it will create at airports. Both of our political parties are useless. Anyone on Team R or D there's no hope for your lack of intelligence.
Literally proof that this blogger won’t hold the liberal Democratic Party accountable.
Literally proof your IQ doesn’t crack triple digits
What a stupid response.
Well it is true this blogger will not hold the Dems accountable. The Dems are not accountable.
Well DHS just backtracked so time for @Dave Stafford to show his ignorance on another platform.
I would guess that democrats make up a higher percentage of pre-check and Global Entry members than Republicans. I admittedly don’t have any data to support this. However if that’s correct I fully support this move. If Democrats want to act like crybabies and shut down the government over something we all should be supporting (the removal of undesirables in this country), then they should be disproportionately feeling the effects of their tantrums.
Agreed 100 percent.
You are an undesirable in this country. Do you support your own removal?
I am a liberal, though not Democrat, who supports the removal of violent criminals from our country. That is not what is happening here.
I am glad to suffer through lack of pre-check and Global Entry if it means one fewer child or hard-working immigrant removed from our country.
I respect your position Nostradamus, but I go further and support the removal of any and all illegal immigrants in the US, regardles of whether or not they are violent. Every country in the world has strict requirements on who is allowed to live and work there and the USA should be no different. As an expat, if I ignored the laws and requirements of my host nation, I would be forcibly removed and rightfully...
I respect your position Nostradamus, but I go further and support the removal of any and all illegal immigrants in the US, regardles of whether or not they are violent. Every country in the world has strict requirements on who is allowed to live and work there and the USA should be no different. As an expat, if I ignored the laws and requirements of my host nation, I would be forcibly removed and rightfully so.
So fear not HighClass.....I left the USA years ago to escape the violence and filth that has basically engulfed every major city in America.
Where did you go?
Joe, we moved to Istanbul as my wife from Türkiye. I personally find Türkiye to be a beautiful country and truly appreciate the multi-culturalism where we live (combined with safety of course). I recently acquired citizenship after we purchased a home here last year. I'd encourage you and everyone else to visit if you haven't already.
Lover of authoritarian-led countries…all makes sense now. Maybe a dacha in Hungary or Russia too?
What's an "authoritarian-led country" lately? I don't think there is even such a distinction nowadays. They are all the same in these regards.
TrumpGambit - if I understand correctly you are American, and therefore you were lucky enough to be born with quite a lot of privilege, including your nationality, and apparently enough money to buy citizenship somewhere else. If you were born in a country torn by violence, war, hunger and whatnot, I am sure that just like a lot of people, you would do whatever it takes to protect your family and bring your loved ones...
TrumpGambit - if I understand correctly you are American, and therefore you were lucky enough to be born with quite a lot of privilege, including your nationality, and apparently enough money to buy citizenship somewhere else. If you were born in a country torn by violence, war, hunger and whatnot, I am sure that just like a lot of people, you would do whatever it takes to protect your family and bring your loved ones to safety and better opportunities, even if that meant going somewhere illegally. The very vast majority of undocumented immigrants are hard workers and just want to live a peaceful and decent life. I am certain you would be no different, were your circumstances different. Use a little humanity and empathy sometimes.
The Dems do support the removal of undesirables. Biden and Obama has deported millions through each due process rights. Trump isn't following the legal process.
Just went through a checkpoint and everything was still operating normally. Hopefully the station leaders will have the common sense not to cut their own noses off.
Since CLEAR isn’t a government program, I assume it is unaffected, right? If so, having CLEAR should minimize the bad effects of this since you’d go to the front of the line.
You go to the front of the TSA line after you’ve waited your turn in CLEAR’s own line.
Right. I should have been specific that this was after passing through CLEAR. At my home airport that’s pretty quick so I didn’t think about it (and why I expect my airport will lose CLEAR before long).
I mean, it's a good PR move for them - it's easy to blame Democrats for the partial DHS shutdown and if you make the travelling public miserable, the easiest conclusion is to blame the Democrats for that too, even if it's untrue. Democrats are terrible at messaging and people are generally pretty gullible.
I don't see what the problem is.
People want to partially shut the government down over some virtue signaling defund an agency argument (which ironically isn't impacted). Well, that decision is causing the US Coast Guard, CBP, FEMA, USSS to not get paid/funded.
Perhaps it's time for the general public to feel some discomfort for these shutdowns. The problem is in the past, it hasn't caused the general public any real impact (maybe when Obama...
I don't see what the problem is.
People want to partially shut the government down over some virtue signaling defund an agency argument (which ironically isn't impacted). Well, that decision is causing the US Coast Guard, CBP, FEMA, USSS to not get paid/funded.
Perhaps it's time for the general public to feel some discomfort for these shutdowns. The problem is in the past, it hasn't caused the general public any real impact (maybe when Obama shut down/barricaded outdoor war memorials during a shutdown).
Please be sure to give your elected reps an earful. They'll be in line with you, as TSA is also suspending VIP escorts (including Congress).
You want people to feel discomfort ? Shows a lot about the kind of person you are. Surely you’re an empathetic bundle of joy? And not a retarded curmudgeon?
We've reached a place where we have to accept that many if not the majority of Americans support the deportation of undocumented individuals (I don't). But I would not call opposing the lawlessness/brutality of ICE, the detention facilities (aka concentration camps) and detainment of small children "virtue signaling". If the only leverage we have to stop the brutality is stopping funding from Coast Guard, BCP, etc, then we need to take it.
TSA agents are working without pay. There's no cost savings.
They are working with deferred pay. Working without pay would be both illegal and stupid
This is classic mob boss behavior. We’re being told to “kiss the ring” or suffer the consequences.
There’s no financial or functional benefit to doing this, which is why it’s never been done before.
And, of course, since vanilla Republicans, independents, and Democrats travel more than MAGA, it’s targeted at Trump’s “enemies”.
This isn’t even news outside of travel blogs. Normal people will not care. Is it a petty way to prove a point?Yes. Is it a shrewd political play? Likely also yes. Democrats have been holding up DHS funding to prove a point, ICE is already fully funded so there is no real world impact to their issues with ICE. They are holding up funding to other departments to be petty. So the Trump admin uses...
This isn’t even news outside of travel blogs. Normal people will not care. Is it a petty way to prove a point?Yes. Is it a shrewd political play? Likely also yes. Democrats have been holding up DHS funding to prove a point, ICE is already fully funded so there is no real world impact to their issues with ICE. They are holding up funding to other departments to be petty. So the Trump admin uses this as leverage to clap back. Donald Trump is all about leverage. It’s not that complicated.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-suspends-tsa-precheck-global-entry-partial-government-shutdown-continues
I posted a link from Fox News just to show "This isn’t even news outside of travel blogs" is simply not true, but alas it is under moderation.
I should gave said it isn’t headline news. It’s buried news. In a 24 hour news cycle that means it isn’t big news, at least initially. Not sure why that comment matters so much. Everyone on here is outraged, I get it.
It is in the Sunday NYT. It is also on youtube.
More people than on travel blogs will care.
It is stupid. But it is fascinating people expect different from a functionally illiterate pedophile buffoon
You don’t think meemaw and papa aren’t going to be angry when the regular line is twice as long and they miss their flight when they try to get home from taking their grandbabies to Branson?
PreCheck is still open at DFW.
My associates are reporting PreCheck open and business as usual all over the country. I myself just cleared PreCheck at EWR (as a V10 equity partner)
I paid extra for Global Entry that includes TSA Pre-Check. DHS already has the extra money in hand to fund these two programs.
Give me my money back if you are not going to provide the services I paid for.
Why do you need to keep leaving America so often?
Perhaps paying to skip the lunch is class'ist?
Douchebag move from Secretary Kardashian. The only qualification these people have is the ability to be vengeful and spiteful. Zero skills or common sense.
C to D students all the way...
Lance, your comment I would say is ah, maybe, Vengeful and Spiteful. Nice!
Evil but smart. The way you get Congress to start folding on the government shutdown is for there to be long lines at the airport. You need news reporters at DCA interviewing miserable people flying to FLL. This induces that artificially early
Unless that is if people realize that this is BS and will actually make TSA less efficient during understaffing. Which it will and people will get it. With that they will rightfully blame Trump. So, yes, in the end they will fold and properly make reforms to ICE so they stop hiding behind masks as they murder Americans in the street.
Nah, you just need reporters at PBI with miserable people flying from Trump.
go back and look at the previous shutdown and how it ended.
whether you like or not, the blue team was humiliated
@Tim
The old blue versus red schtick is over, Tim. It's now MAGA fascism versus the majority of the American population and our democracy. Many who voted for Trump did not vote for this. There is a point, proven throughout history, where populist supporters become progressives when they feel hoodwinked. And many are. Far more than gave him the edge in 2024.
Lil Timmy is quite the mental chump when it comes to opinions on non-DL topics
It doesn’t reduce the inconvenience to folks w TSA, but they could still grant TSA benefits while making you wait in the regular line. This is how a smaller airport by my house handles it, or at least did as of about a year ago. They’d give you a laminated card so that when it is your turn, you keep shoes on, laptops in bags etc. JFK terminal 1 also does it this way at...
It doesn’t reduce the inconvenience to folks w TSA, but they could still grant TSA benefits while making you wait in the regular line. This is how a smaller airport by my house handles it, or at least did as of about a year ago. They’d give you a laminated card so that when it is your turn, you keep shoes on, laptops in bags etc. JFK terminal 1 also does it this way at extreme off hours, albeit minus the laminated card. we are stuck waiting in line and then get our benefits. Hopefully they can at least allow this in this scenario. It would certainly reduce the average time to screen travelers if the TSA folks can at least get their usual quicker screening.
Oh look! A logical alternative! Pity a certain Pat couldn't think of it.
I long for the days when I would wake up in the morning and not have another drama created by this insane monster. The only upside is that this is going to prove to be so unpopular that it will backfire on him. Outside of Tim Dunn that is.
The Timcel always finds a way to defend the Pedo in Chief
“I don’t need to write another 10 paragraphs about this, because it’s that simple… that’s just the truth.”
This type of argument should be a red flag whenever you read it. No better alternatives are offered... because none exist.
Another commenter and I offered exactly the alternative under your last comment.
I didn’t know my previous comment posted. I had an error message when I hit post. But anyway, keeping both lanes open during a funding shortage is a “have your cake and eat it too” solution that isn’t realistic.
You are making it out as if there's only one general line and one PreCheck line, and it's binary choice to keep only one open. But many airports have multiple of each. If the there needs to be a staff reduction then they can very well reduce the number of lanes for both proportionally, or even prioritize PreCheck (while keeping some general lanes open) as they are more efficient.
But anyway, another commenter just pointed...
You are making it out as if there's only one general line and one PreCheck line, and it's binary choice to keep only one open. But many airports have multiple of each. If the there needs to be a staff reduction then they can very well reduce the number of lanes for both proportionally, or even prioritize PreCheck (while keeping some general lanes open) as they are more efficient.
But anyway, another commenter just pointed out how you can have PreCheck running even with one general line, and there's no reason not to do that as people who are eligible will be able to pass much more quickly.
President takes away the one thing that makes airports safer and more efficient because he wants to punish those opposed to a Gestapo murdering Americans in the street. I don't think Ben needed to explain it. But there you go given you must be living in a cave.
Let's exact our first revenge in November.
It’s going to be such a fcking bloodbath - can’t wait!
I thought that's why we paid extra for this.
I knew the charges was a scam money grab all along.
If you do a charge back, would that land you on the No Fly List?
Is TSA has to make staffing cuts, what alternative do you feel would be more efficient? I honestly can’t think of any alternative, besides closing the general lane and having non-PreCheck people using the PreCheck lane.
He literally lays out the alternative - keep both open as long as possible but then prioritize precheck because it is a more efficient use of screening resources per hour/per agent than general. Logical.
It doesn't matter TSA has to make staffing cuts. It's not as if there are employees only trained for PreCheck and not the general security line or vice versa. Even if TSA staffing goes down to 50% of what it was before, putting 25% on PreCheck and 25% on general is still going to be more efficient than having all 50% on general.
Insanity is the party that lost the election (you know, democracy) getting to hold the country hostage for their extreme demands, while the party in control of POTUS, SCOTUS, house and Senate is powerless to do anything. This is unsustainable.
What of their demands is so extreme?
Opposing anything the Republicans do, regardless of whether the policy might actually help their constituents is extreme...
The primary argument about the D.H.S. bill pertains to ICE funding, an agency that has wildly abused its authority and the constitutional rights of many American citizens (see the numerous reports of US citizens being unlawfully arrested by them). So yeah, I think the opposition should use the limited levers they have to try to stop this administration from using the constitution to wipe Orange Hitler’s asshole.
That’s rich, given how partisan gerrymandering and an archaic system where land has more power than people are the only reasons the GOP has a “majority”.
Do we know if Nexus is also suspended?
The Nexus security lanes and CBSA machines in Canada won’t be impacted, but presumably the Global Entry machines in US Preclearance will be unavailable. So at an airport like Pearson you should be able to use Nexus security and then have to join the standard US immigration line.
For those that are eligible, remember there's still Mobile Passport Control.
I was wondering about the nexus entry lane at usa border crossing.
This its crazy.
LOL...
Crazy Ivan..
Great movie
this is one article that the topic IS political.
The blue team desperately wants to reform ICE even though it has its own budget that is fully funded and is willing again to shut down even part of the government to prove their point.
TSA and other parts of DHS are caught in the middle of the partial government shutdown that has no end in sight absent forcing the issue of funding the...
this is one article that the topic IS political.
The blue team desperately wants to reform ICE even though it has its own budget that is fully funded and is willing again to shut down even part of the government to prove their point.
TSA and other parts of DHS are caught in the middle of the partial government shutdown that has no end in sight absent forcing the issue of funding the entirety of the government.
People talk about the clown that is in the WH but Congress has a lower approval rating than any President for years. It is this kind of bipartisan inability to work together which has divided Washington and the US.
People's salaries should not be held hostage to political ideology. Not paying government workers has to end whether you like what the government does or not.
If there is ANY good news in all of this, there are and will be thousands of flights cancelled due to winter weather over the next couple of days.
The bad news is that my flights this week are not expected to cancel.
@ Tim Dunn -- What does any of this have to do with the topic at hand? Making screening more time consuming is not a solution to staffing shortages. Do you agree or disagree with this policy change?
It has everything to do with what is at hand, Ben.
TSA employees which are effectively essential employees are being held hostage every time someone in the minority party doesn't like something that the majority party does.
People's salaries should not be held hostage.
By suspending the entire pre-check program, the administration is widening the net to force resolution of full funding.
Do I like how it is playing out? Absolutely not. Do...
It has everything to do with what is at hand, Ben.
TSA employees which are effectively essential employees are being held hostage every time someone in the minority party doesn't like something that the majority party does.
People's salaries should not be held hostage.
By suspending the entire pre-check program, the administration is widening the net to force resolution of full funding.
Do I like how it is playing out? Absolutely not. Do I think the administration will succeed at ramming through a fully funded government w/ no change to ICE? It is very likely to happen.
It is bargaining on a level most of us can never hope to achieve and it messes w/ people's lives.
The difference here is that Congress really is the mechanism that is supposed to prevent this from happening but they have had the lowest approval ratings for decades - spanning multiple administrations.
Delusional Tim.
How is alerting the public that their paid skip the line privileges are now suspended anything political?
Now I know I can't show up 30 mins before departure and will missconnect in ATL tomorrow because stupid greedy Delta keeps selling me under 90 mins INTL connections.
Since Kirby and Ed a keep jerking off 47, does that mean everything from those airlines are political?
But Tim doesn't care, it's not from DOT or earnings call, it's not facts.
This situation is so messed up that — and I cannot believe it — I actually agree with Timothy Gunn. And, I am shocked, but I think he’s making reasonable cogent points. Damn, I’m down bad! And my week is also looking brutal atm with this!
Brad,
some of us have made enough trips around the sun to know that politics and money corrupt.
It only matters who has the majority of it at any given time.
To somehow think that this hasn't happened before and will only get worse under the next party is delusional.
It only adds to the motivation of why people - including me when I can - fly private which diverts resources to a privileged few
Mr. Dunn, I’ve also made many trips around the world and am very happy to accept occasional rides on PJs where you can see the ridiculous nature of this world. I have elite status on all 3 major U.S. carriers. Plenty of perspective.
And I’m a registered independent. Wanna know why? Because, like you said, they’re all f*ck*d. Damn, we agree again.
Yeah. We agree. Trips around the world and trips around the sun aren’t the same thing.
I believe we both have figured that our lives have gone on under both parties regardless if the amplification of polity social media
Just because the planet carries trash around the sun doesn't make it less trash.
And surely neither money nor politics corrupted you. It was Delta.
So STFU Tim.
Hmm - I wonder if the nice immigration guys who come to my plane when I land at TEB or PBI to clear me at the aircraft will also be suspended?
Was surprised during the last shutdown I was able to get my kids new passport an GE set up. Turns out because there are fees they are considered self sustaining. Makes this even more illogical.
Are they suspending Known Crew and Congressional escorts as well?
Not the story you want see waking up in an airport hotel. My morning is going to be a lot more hectic.
So since we paid for 5 years, do we get a refund of the unused years?....You know, kinda like the refunds we're going to get from the illegal tariff fees?...Oh, wait...
As if. He’s taking billions from US coffers for his “ bored” of peace club.
Believe it or not- the combined program population is around 25 or 30 million. Less than 10% of the population. It will have little to no impact with John Q. Public but will certainly piss off "elites" (big donors, members of congress, etc).
@ John G -- As of August 2024, the number was over 40 million. And of course even those without TSA PreCheck and Global Entry will be negatively impacted by this in terms of having to wait longer, due to less efficient screening. But you're right, I'm sure the people who think we're more respected than ever before in the world also won't in any way blame Trump for this.
The numbers I used exclude non-citizen members (LPRs on Pre-check, Global Entry participating countries). And if I was a betting man (and I am), I would predict other massive changes to both of those programs. If you do some poking around in the CFR's filed open for commentary, you will see what I'm talking about.
@ John G -- Fascinating. Do you have a link/could you point me in the right direction?
TSA PreCheck and Global Entry shouldn’t exist. Can get thru security pretty fast in Europe without such money grabs and inefficiencies..
Actually, as a non EU citizen you can’t get through border control quickly in the EU. It’s a glorious technology cluster fuck, compared to Global Entry.
Another flaw in this logic is the assumption of all 300M+ Americans travel by air (internationally to be able to use GE). If you apply more filters of people who have passports and who actually travel frequently/internationally, the numerator gets much smaller, and thus the percentage of impacted TSE/GE enrolled pax much higher.
Is clear still operating?
Elect a criminal, a clown, and a pedophile protector, and this is what you end up. Doing it twice? That's a national disgrace.
Applause!!!!
Agreed. Bill Clinton is a clown, was a pedophile protector and was elected twice. Good point LO.
Unfortunately I think your mistake is expecting our looking for logic, Ben - there is none!
100% correct
I was pretty sure the WSJ wrote Kristi Noem’s political obituary earlier this month, but somehow she’s dragged on. This is the shortsighted and self centered BS that makes her not up for the job. This isn’t even about politics. It’s basic economics and personnel management. It takes more people and more resources to screen passengers when you take this program away. Plus, she didn’t suspend these programs during a much broader 43 day government...
I was pretty sure the WSJ wrote Kristi Noem’s political obituary earlier this month, but somehow she’s dragged on. This is the shortsighted and self centered BS that makes her not up for the job. This isn’t even about politics. It’s basic economics and personnel management. It takes more people and more resources to screen passengers when you take this program away. Plus, she didn’t suspend these programs during a much broader 43 day government shutdown. This will be a self-inflicted political wound.
She wants the chaos and is taking the gamble that people will blame democrats for it. Given the propaganda most folks seem to willingly slurp down from Fox News and such it wouldn’t surprise me if politically she wins this one.
Amoral, unethical, and wildly stupid? Yes. But we might as well replace E Pluriubus Unum with those words as our national motto at this point.
Another retribution punishment from maga incompetence. Why try to logically solve a problem when you can make it worse
Both parties pull this garbage. President Obama had park rangers put up signs at monuments along the National Mall saying they were closed due to Congress (then GOP controlled) not funding the government. It was petty and actually cost more resources to enforce. This is not an excuse for Noem’s decisions. I wish politicians didn’t act like children, but that’s what we seem to get.
Close but wrong. The signs were finally placed on the mall to keep people from visiting and dumping their garbage ( unlike this shutdown DHS ) there wasn't federal money to pick up the trash. It wasn't petty politics, It was sanitation
The signage in general said "Because of the federal government shutdown, this National Park Service facility is closed." (See, for example, https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/national-shutdown/7/). And during the one shutdown when Obama was president, control of Congress was split (Democratic Senate, Republican House). Also, there was no indication that President Obama specifically ordered even the signage that was put up, let alone the fictitious signage that wasn't.
Nice bothsidesism. Extra MAGA points for it not even being true.
The signage in general said "Because of the federal government shutdown, this National Park Service facility is closed." (See, for example, https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/national-shutdown/7/). And during the one shutdown when Obama was president, control of Congress was split (Democratic Senate, Republican House). Also, there was no indication that President Obama specifically ordered even the signage that was put up, let alone the fictitious signage that wasn't.
Nice bothsidesism. Extra MAGA points for it not even being true.
The signage in general said "Because of the federal government shutdown, this National Park Service facility is closed." And during the one shutdown when Obama was president, control of Congress was split (Democratic Senate, Republican House). Also, there was no indication that President Obama specifically ordered even the signage that was put up, let alone the fictitious signage that wasn't.
Nice bothsidesism. Extra MAGA points for it not even being true.
An absolutely effective way to punish the traveling public. And I hope my fellow travelers will return the favor to Congressional Republicans this November.
Republicans would say that this is the Democrats’ fault for not funding the one department with “security” in its name. Of course that doesn’t mean Noem had to do this. It’s her decision to hurt the public in this way, and by proxy the President owns that decision. I say this only to note that the grass is not necessarily greener on the other side of the aisle. Both parties are myopic and focused on generating outrage.