As the Department of Homeland Security shutdown slouches through its seventh week, this outrage should convince voters that the Democrats have devolved into a delivery system for pain. Yet again, the so-called “Party of the Little Guy” relishes in making regular Americans writhe in agony so Democrats can score political points and weaponize whatever partisan advantage they can muster. Hope and Change have decayed into Cruelty and Sadism.
Since Valentine’s Day, American travelers have stood in hours-long lines that have snaked through airport terminals, out front doors, and into parking structures. Wait times have stretched into three and even four hours. Anxious babies have exhausted young parents before flights. Older passengers have shifted carry-on bags between their weary shoulders as their backs and knees buckle. Throats have parched at security checks as boredom approaches paralysis. If not Hell, Democrats have turned U.S. airports into Purgatory with wings.
But, after enduring this agony, travelers have boarded their aircraft and jetted back to normal. For TSA agents, things have been far tougher. Most have worked valiantly without pay. While President Donald J. Trump’s executive order has begun to pay their back wages, many remain delinquent on credit cards, car loans, rents, and mortgages—through no fault of their own.