GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Airports in Grand Rapids, Flint, Kalamazoo and Lansing aren’t playing a video featuring Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for shutting down the federal government, leaving transportation security employees working without pay.
The video is being played on monitors at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport. However, the airport’s governing body has asked the TSA to stop showing the video, a spokesperson says.
“The monitors are located in TSA-leased spaces at DTW,” said Matt Morawski, director of communications and external affairs at the Wayne County Airport Authority. “The monitors are not controlled by the Wayne County Airport Authority (WCAA). The TSA did not seek WCAA’s approval; however, WCAA h