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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (Iowa Media Wire) — Beginning on Tuesday, many airports across the United States said that they would not be airing the video released by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, blaming the government shutdown on Democrats.
Democratic Senators now allege that the Department of Homeland Security potentially violated a federal act by asking airports across the country to play a video featuring the DHS Secretary Noem.
In the video, Noem blames Democrats for the impacts of the government shutdown.
A number of airports nationwide have declined to play the video, saying their facilities’ policies keep them from showing political content. One of those airports includes Sioux City’s Sioux Gateway Airport.
Interim City Manager Mike Collett told Iowa Media Wire 9 that the video was played on Tuesday, October 14, but as of Wednesday, October 15, the video is no longer being shown.
Other area airports, including Des Moines International, have also pulled the video from airing.