The TSA showdown reveals a brutal truth about our politics
As Democrats weaponize TSA dysfunction to protect illegal aliens, Republicans once again show they fear conflict more than they value victory.
As Democrats weaponize TSA dysfunction to protect illegal aliens, Republicans once again show they fear conflict more than they value victory.
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26 Mar 2026 ~~ By Auron MacIntyre
America’s newest political battlefield runs through one of the most miserable places in the country: the airport.
Democrats have held up funding for the Department of Homeland Security amid their ongoing war over ICE, and after a month without pay, TSA employees have started refusing to come to work. The result has been crippling delays at major airports, with waits stretching four hours or more and turning an already degraded flying experience into something closer to a public humiliation ritual.
The GOP theoretically holds the levers of power, but in practice it remains terrified of disturbing the status quo.
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To his credit, President Trump has
moved ICE officers into airports to assist with screening. It is less satisfying than watching those officers execute deportation raids, but early signs suggest the move has worked.
Atlanta reportedly went from nearly five hours of screening delays to roughly five minutes. ICE officers appear to be in good spirits, and the agency itself seems to be recovering some badly needed public goodwill. Tom Homan has even said ICE agents will continue deportation operations while helping with TSA duties. It is not an ideal arrangement, but Trump has once again found a way to turn executive action into a political win.
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To remain electorally viable, Democrats need an ever-expanding pool of imported voters dependent on public wealth transfers to cancel out the votes of the native population. If they can replace enough of the country, they can govern it indefinitely. Progressives celebrate that possibility whenever they are not dismissing it as a conspiracy theory.
If one party is willing to grind national air travel to a halt to preserve its electoral advantage while the other will not pass basic legislation for fear of offending someone, the country has a big problem. Trump has pressed Congress to pass the SAVE America Act to strengthen election integrity and give Republicans a tactical advantage, yet the GOP continues to drag its feet. One party behaves as if politics actually matters. The other behaves as if politics is an embarrassing chore.
Democrats are willing to hold the nation hostage in airport security lines to secure victory. Republicans still act as though enduring a few nasty New York Times editorials is too high a price to pay to save the country. A movement that fears bad press more than national dispossession has surrendered the habits of self-government and forgotten what political power is for.
Commentary:
Tells you loud and clear, that the Dems don’t give a damn about the people...it’s all about power.
Democrats in Congress have repeatedly shown themselves to be nothing but lying, corrupt, perverted, murdering traitors to the United States of America. They proudly wear their wickedness and treachery. John Wilkes Booth is their idol.
The truth is TDS is real. Politics have always been contentious, but how the democrats behave now is maniacal. Its nuts. They hate Trump so much, hate his winning, hate his personality, and hate his passion for telling folks how he really feels…. They are willing to dedicate entire election cycles to hating him. The Democrat Left has zero platform politically except obstruction. That won't play out well in November. What's really bizarre though is his own party’s obstruction of his agendas. SAVE act is an easy win…. Nope. Every single initiative is a struggle because of a group of “RINO's” that hate him. This term and well as his last term. Frankly I think lifers in congress on both sides have been embarrassed that an outsider took DC and kept countless promises. That his record in 10 years beats some who have been there for 20-30 years. That type of thing isn't supposed to happen in DC.
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