Ken Jennings Gives Sarcastic Travel Tip After Kristi Noem’s Firing | EUROtoday

“Jeopardy” host Ken Jennings fired off a sarcastic set of directions for air vacationers after information broke that President Donald Trump had fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday.

“If you’re at the airport, and Kristi Noem is doing the ominous little message from the TSA screens, you no longer have to do anything she says. Leave your laptop in the case, whatever,” Jennings wrote on Bluesky.

Jennings’ publish was a not-so-subtle dig at Noem’s prerecorded movies giving directions to vacationers ready in line at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints in U.S. airports.

One of these movies landed the Trump administration in sizzling water for that includes Noem blaming Congressional Democrats for the federal government shutdown final yr.

“It is TSA’s top priority to make sure you have the most pleasant and efficient airport experience as possible while we keep you safe,” Noem mentioned within the video. “However, Democrats in Congress refuse to fund the federal government, and because of this, many of our operations are impacted, and most of our TSA employees are working without pay. We will continue to do all that we can to avoid delays that will impact your travel. And our hope is that Democrats will recognize the importance of opening the government.”

Airports throughout the nation refused to show the video, which many authorized consultants urged might have violated the Hatch Act, a legislation that typically prohibits the usage of authorities property for partisan political functions.

“We did not consent to playing the video in its current form, as we believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” Molly Prescott, a spokesperson for the Port of Portland, Oregon, informed CNN on the time.

Noem is about to get replaced at DHS by Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) pending his affirmation within the Senate, Trump mentioned on Thursday in a social media publish saying Noem’s firing. Trump added that Noem will probably be appointed “special envoy for the shield of the Americas.” It is unclear right now what that place will entail.