WASHINGTON — The Trump 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 TS

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