According to online flight tracking databases, there were 19,000 delayed flights from Saturday to Monday and an additional 1600 canceled flights during that same period. That number is only going to increase as the Democrat shutdown continues, especially as air traffic controllers are set to miss another paycheck on October 28th. We are rounding into a holiday season, as we all know, and we're in the middle of the height of the football season. (07:30–07:39)
CLAIM
Asserts that flight delays and cancellations will increase due to the government shutdown and missed paychecks for air traffic controllers.
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