HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) — Tri-State airports will not air a video about the government shutdown’s effect on airport operations after a request by the transportation security administration.
They aren’t refusing, they just don’t have the ability to show it. Evansville and Owensboro airports don’t have monitors to play the video, which features Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem talking about changes to airport operations due to staffing limitations.
Many airports across the country have refused to show the video, saying it is political in nature because Noem blames the shutdown on Democrats. Tristan Durbin, director at Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport says they haven’t even been asked to show the video…