House GOP targeting vulnerable Dems over DHS shutdown, TSA chaos
House Republicans are targeting vulnerable districts in the 2026 midterms over the Department of Homeland Security shutdown and burgeoning Transportation Security Administration security chaos."House Democrats shut down Homeland Security while...
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House Republicans are targeting vulnerable districts in the 2026 midterms over the Department of Homeland Security shutdown and burgeoning Transportation Security Administration security chaos. "House Democrats shut down Homeland Security while TSA agents work for free and Americans sit in hours-long security lines," National Republican Congressional Committee spokesperson Mike Marinella wrote Monday in a statement, announcing the targeting of Democrats in 28 districts most impacted by TSA security checkpoint delays. The NRCC launched a paid ad campaign, focusing on Democrats it accuses of shutting down DHS and forcing TSA agents to work without pay as travelers face long security lines. "Democrats are being blamed by the American people for the catastrophe going on right now at our airports and at other points of transportation and beyond," President Donald Trump told a Monday gathering on addressing crime in Memphis, Tennessee. MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR CLAIMS TRUMP CAN JUST 'HIRE OUT MORE TSA AGENTS' DESPITE DHS SHUTDOWN "And we want the public to know we're not going to let them out of this trap that they created for themselves." The NRCC airport-focused campaign ad targets a list of battleground and open-seat districts across California, Florida, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey , New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington. The targeting comes as Trump has sent Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to airports with long TSA security lines that have forced Americans to show up to check in up to five hours in advance or potentially missing their flights over the first weekend of spring travel – one of the busier times of the year. TSA OFFICIAL WARNS SMALLER AIRPORTS COULD SHUT DOWN AMID DHS FUNDING CRISIS "We're not going to have the Democrats destroy our country," Trump told reporters in an under-wing gaggle before boarding Air Force One on Monday morning in West Palm Beach, Florida. "These people are the…