The Salt Lake City International Airport has decided it will not play a video of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem blaming congressional Democrats for the shutdown of the federal government and travel delays.

Officials have made the same decision at airports serving Buffalo, Charlotte, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Seattle and Portland, Oregon, according to The Washington Post , citing policies that bar political messaging or state or federal laws that prohibit the use of public resources for political activity.

In Utah, state law prohibits the use of city-owned equipment for “political activity,” said Nancy Volmer, the airport’s director of communication and marketing.

The televisions in the airport are owned and operated by Salt Lake City, she said.

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