The latest Schumer Shutdown has now been ongoing for 26 days. Although it’s only a partial shutdown, and mostly affects the Department of Homeland Security, it nevertheless has real-world effects, and they’re not good for regular Americans just trying to live their lives and hoping that their government can provide basic services.

Thanks to House Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), it can’t. 

The Dems’ histrionic and performative demands about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reforms are mostly non-starters, and they know it, but they want to make you, the American citizen, pay the price of their failure.

Reminder to Democrats: You didn’t win the House, the Senate, or the Oval Office in November 2024 — you don’t get to call the shots.

Their everlasting tantrum is causing chaos in the travel world:

Democrats are playing political games with the livelihood of TSA frontline workers, the travel plans of the American public, and our national security.

Enough is enough. https://t.co/EuKDX2UHKO

— TSA (@TSA) March 12, 2026

In the above clip, posted by DHS and retweeted by the TSA, NBC News’ Tom Costello lays out the issue:

The concern tonight, those long TSA lines could soon turn spring break travel plans into a travel nightmare, with TSA officers set to miss their second paycheck on Friday.

Out of 50,000 TSA officers, the agency says 300 have quit since the start of the shutdown. And six percent are now calling out.

But on Sunday, more than half the TSA officers failed to show up for work at Houston Hobby [airport], leading to three and a half hour delays with lines snaking through the terminal. For people worried about spring break, should they be expecting three hour lines?

We can debate the merits of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in another article (and we have), but is it fair to ask them to show up to work for no pay? No.

[Throughout] all of it, as Democrats say, they're open to funding TSA, but are demanding ICE policing reforms. Yet, again, frontline TSA workers are struggling to pay the rent, gas, and groceries.

MORE: Dems Reveal Peak Hypocrisy and Unbelievable Demand As They Continue Blocking DHS Funding

White House Blasts Dems 'Reckless' DHS Shutdown As TSA Lines Get Longer

I’ve seen many articles across the interwebs about how people are getting really sick of being asked to tip for just about everything. Now you can add getting through security to the list, thanks to the Democrats:

Today, Denver Airport asks travelers to donate 10 and $20 gas and grocery cards to TSA officers.

Now, with spring break, about to kick into high gear, [there is] concern that more officers will call out, or simply quit.

Democrats have been proving over and over again that they have no ideas to improve the country, no vision to make America great again, and no policies other than open borders, reducing election security, and pushing radical gender theories. All that’s left to them is demonstrations, theatrics, and divisive rhetoric. 

It would be funny, because it’s just so freakin’ pathetic, but it has consequences not just for spring breakers, but for those of us who need to travel to take care of a sick relative, run their businesses, get their kids home safely, and live their lives.

“We hate Trump” is not a governing philosophy worth its weight in salt, and Schumer and Co. are a disgrace. Americans need to make them pay in November.

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