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Ted Cruz: “In New York City on Halloween Day, roughly 80% of the…”

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And so what is happening with both TSA agents and controllers? They're calling in sick. They're. They're just not showing up. I Say, say some are coming into work. The problem is In New York City on Halloween Day, roughly 80% of the controllers called in sick and didn't show up to work. That's Chuck Schumer's hometown, by the way. And so we're seeing with tsa, you had Monday a week ago, the lines in the Houston bush Airport were 2 1/2 to … (17:30–17:37)

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Asserts that 80% of air traffic controllers in New York City called in sick on Halloween.

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