Blue Grass Airport in Lexington is one of more than a dozen airports across the country declining to air a video of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the ongoing federal government shutdown.
Amy Caudill, a spokesperson for the Lexington airport, told Kentucky Public Radio they are not playing the new video “in accordance with our policy not to display content of a political nature.”
She added that the airport is continuing to play a different video of Noem about passenger safety that was created at the beginning of her term earlier this year.
Natalie Chaudoin, a spokesperson for the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, said in an email they are also not playing the new video of Noem, but did not explain why.
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