Compared to last year, TSA checkpoint wait times ballooned past three hours at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport with some passengers enduring up to five hours in line. At nearby William P. Hobby Airport in Texas, security wait times are routinely exceeding one hour. More than 13,000 air traffic controllers are continuing to work without pay because of the Democrats. These men and women who keep our airspace safe and moving will miss a second paycheck in a row this Friday if Democrats refuse to open the government. (01:25–01:33)
CLAIM
Asserts that over 13,000 air traffic controllers are unpaid due to the shutdown.
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