Trump tells unpaid TSA workers ‘GO TO WORK’ throughout DHS shutdown: ‘I promise that I will never forget you!!!’ | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump desires TSA brokers to “GO TO WORK” amid the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.

The DHS shutdown started final month after lawmakers failed to achieve a deal on funding the company. Many TSA staff missed their first full paycheck this week, and in current days, vacationers have reported hours-long strains at airports throughout the nation.

Now, Trump has praised the TSA brokers who’re going to work. He particularly thanked Johnny Jones, the secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of Government Employees TSA Council 100, which represents hundreds of TSA staff throughout the nation.

“Thank you to Johnny Jones and all of our GREAT TSA Agents who are going to work but not being paid because the Radical Left Democrats refuse to honor the deal that was approved and voted on in Congress,” Trump wrote in a Saturday morning Truth Social put up.

“They want your money to go to ‘Border Criminals, Murderers, foreign Drug Dealers, and some of the worst people on earth,’” he continued. “They don’t want it to go to you. Keep fighting for the USA. GO TO WORK! I promise that I will never forget you!!! President DJT.”

Jones, who additionally reportedly works as a TSA officer at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, has been outspoken concerning the impacts of the continued DHS shutdown.

He informed NPR this week that many TSA staff dwell paycheck to paycheck, which suggests they’re now “not paying their bills because they don’t have any money.” Jones additionally informed CNN that he’s “seeing desperation in the eyes of my coworkers.”

“A lot of people don’t have that [stability]. They never recover,” he mentioned. “They don’t have the levers to pull to help them weather the storm, I’m afraid.”

The Independent has contacted Jones for remark.

DHS funding lapsed in mid-February, simply months after federal staff endured the longest authorities shutdown in U.S. historical past.

This week, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused Republicans of blocking his get together’s makes an attempt to fund sure components of DHS, together with TSA, because the standoff continues.

“Democrats have tried—six separate times—to pass simple bills to keep these critical parts of DHS running while negotiations continue. Six times Republicans came to the floor and blocked them,” Schumer mentioned Thursday.

“TSA officers shouldn’t miss paychecks, disaster relief shouldn’t be left hanging, and Americans’ safety shouldn’t be collateral damage in a political standoff Republicans created,” he added.

Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader John Thune has claimed Democratic lawmakers are “opposing even sitting down and talking and negotiating on the things they say they want.”

“It’s hard to get to a solution when you have one party that refuses to even sit down and talk. This is kind of a new low, really,” the Republican lawmaker mentioned Tuesday.

The Trump administration has additionally repeatedly blamed Democrats for the funding lapse. In a press release shared Wednesday, the White House mentioned Democrats are “at peace with the hardships their political shutdown has created” for TSA brokers.