Hunter
10/17/25
The Eastern Iowa Airport has joined a growing list of local and national airports who have announced they won’t air a video where U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown.
The Gazette reports the video was distributed to airports nationwide. Eastern Iowa Airport communications director Pam Hinman said in an email to the newspaper that the Cedar Rapids airport received the video but has not been showing it to visitors. She said, “As a public entity, CID does not display advertising or videos that can be considered political or partisan.
Hinman wrote. “The monitors are owned by CID and are used for advertising, flight information, local messaging and can be used for required FAA/TSA messaging.”
The Des Moines International Airport and the Quad City international Airport as well as airports in New York, Chicago and Las Vegas have also refused to display the video, and the same is true at facilities in Charlotte, N.C.; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Billings, Mont.
Roughly 61,000 of TSA’s over 64,000 employees are required to continue working during the government shutdown that has halted routine operations and left airports scrambling with flight disruptions.