{"id":5439,"date":"2025-10-15T20:57:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/5439\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T20:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:57:11","slug":"mia-fll-decline-to-air-homeland-security-video-blaming-democrats-for-shutdown-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/5439\/","title":{"rendered":"MIA, FLL decline to air Homeland Security video blaming Democrats for shutdown &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; (WSVN) \u2013 Both Miami International Airport and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport have confirmed they will not air a video message from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that blames Democrats for the ongoing federal government shutdown and its impact on Transportation Security Administration operations.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to 7News, MIA spokesperson Greg Chin said the airport will continue showing TSA\u2019s Real ID awareness video instead, in keeping with Miami-Dade County policy prohibiting political messaging inside the terminal. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt MIA, we deeply value and support our TSA partners and the vital role they play in ensuring the safety of our passengers every day. To be consistent with Miami-Dade County policy regarding messaging within the MIA terminal, MIA will instead continue playing TSA\u2019s existing Real ID awareness video.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Greg Chin, Communications Division Director<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for FLL also confirmed to 7News that the airport will not air the video. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe TSA video in question is not playing at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) as our advertising policy does not permit political messaging to be displayed in our facility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arlene Satchell, FLL spokesperson<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/us-world\/some-airports-refuse-to-play-noem-video-on-shutdown-impact-saying-its-political\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/us-world\/some-airports-refuse-to-play-noem-video-on-shutdown-impact-saying-its-political\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Airports across the country<\/a>, including those in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Phoenix and Seattle, have also refused to air the video, citing similar rules against political content. <\/p>\n<p>In the video, Noem says Democrats in Congress are to blame for the shutdown, which she claims has affected federal operations and left many TSA employees working without pay. <\/p>\n<p>Critics argue the message could violate the Hatch Act, which restricts political activity by federal employees. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; (WSVN) \u2013 Both Miami International Airport and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-5439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}