The shutdown stretches on: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: TSA brokers proceed to work with out pay because the partial authorities shutdown continues.
During heightened terror exercise, Democrats are refusing to fund the Department of Homeland Security as a result of they’re in opposition to ICE (“End of the lines near?” March 25).
ICE is already funded, so the primary people being affected are TSA staff and American vacationers. Now ICE is being diverted to help TSA brokers and American vacationers. Democrats ought to be ashamed of themselves.
Christopher O’Keefe
Manhattan
There appears to be some uproar amongst a handful of Democratic members of Congress relating to President Trump’s deployment of ICE brokers to “assist” TSA brokers at a few airports. Uproar? More like political noise — like a mosquito buzzing in your ear.
I’m wondering why people like Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Sen. Chuck Schumer even trouble speaking. Who actually cares what people like them say anymore?
Arthur Saginian
Santa Clarita, Calif.
You continuously check with a “Democratic shutdown,” however there’s no such factor. There’s a authorities shutdown as a result of the 2 political events didn’t come to an settlement on how to operate the federal authorities.
The Republicans are apparently nice with ICE murdering US residents who oppose authorities coverage, and the Democrats usually are not. The Post is outwardly an imitator of the Nazi Joseph Goebbels, as is Trump: Say a lie usually enough concerning the shutdown and hope people consider you.
Ruth Dell
Tiburon, Calif.
With so many authorities shutdowns attributable to largely Democrats, voters ought to bear in mind who to not re-elect into Congress. Those politicians don’t care about our TSA brokers not being paid or the disruption at airports affecting us.
They are chauffeured and fly aboard personal planes. They’ve at all times been means out of contact with a common voter’s way of life.
Nancy Higgins
Wingdale
It’s tragic that we don’t have enough money to pay for TSA brokers and air site visitors controllers, forcing them to work with out pay, at great risk to the flying public.
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Yet by some means President Trump has no drawback squandering a whole lot of billions of {dollars} in taxpayer money to fund an unlawful and unprovoked warfare in Iran that’s solely getting worse by the day, destroying the worldwide economic system and making one other Vietnam. This is shameful.
Michael Pravica
Henderson, Nev.
Democrats need to vote yes and fund the TSA. It’s that straightforward. Time to help Americans.
Tom Scott
Spotswood, NJ
The shutdown might finish in a day if the TSA workers need their money. Every agent ought to simply not go to work. They’d shut down the trillion-dollar airline industry, placing actual strain on the Democrats.
Delta’s CEO condemning the Dems for his or her actions means just one factor: Airlines are beginning to sweat. A walkout means the airways lose, which implies Dem political donations from the airways will vanish. Hit them of their wallets and it’ll finish. TSA staff have the facility, they’re simply afraid to make use of it.
Storm Destro
Bayonne, NJ
I feel members of Congress shouldn’t receives a commission after they can’t agree on a finances. That’s their job. They had been elected to guard and assist our residents however they’re inflicting a lot of ache and frustration for political benefit. They use these ways means too usually, and people are drained of it.
All the finger-pointing and name-calling on each side could be very juvenile and undignified. There ought to be more penalties for this sort of conduct.
Sophia Boniello
Allendale, NJ
Schumer and Jeffries need to go. This sport the 2 of them have been taking part in wants to finish. The further members on this sport to not fund the Department of Homeland Security consists of some Republican turncoats.
Have you no disgrace for what you may have put all these staff by way of? They have no paycheck and are unable to buy food or pay their mortgages. These egocentric Democrats hate Trump and have made his presidency hell as a result of he was elected and so they misplaced.
Kate Phelan
Boca Raton, Fla.
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