This tweet from former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich last night caught our eye. Newt vs. the TSA, live on Twitter? Yes please:
I have a day trip to Atlanta tomorrow and just received Delta warning tsa could take 2-3 hours.Sanders socialist bureaucracy fails again.
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) May 18, 2016
But the much discussed issue of the TSA’s nightmarish long lines has somehow fixed itself this morning:
TSA pre worked perfectly at Reagan this morning.took less than five minutes. On to Atlanta.
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) May 18, 2016
The Washington Free Beacon’s Sonny Bunch reported a similar problem-free experience:
https://twitter.com/SonnyBunch/status/732877950056583168
Same for reporter Brian Feldman out of St. Louis:
No line at all now. Amazing what happens when media shows up. pic.twitter.com/O0ZX5D4C0j
— Brian Feldman (@BFeldman) May 18, 2016
More reports from Jacksonville, FL and Cleveland, OH:
Great experience at JAX! No long lines with TSA here.
— Shannon Whitaker (@shannonwphoto) May 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/DJMancusoJr/status/732922996537593856
So, where’d the lines go? It’s almost as if TSA employees created the crisis in the first place…
Really think TSA "crisis" is manufactured. Seems like a road show, opening and closing in one city, then another. https://t.co/798POwpHXp
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) May 18, 2016
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Created Mess To Push Increased Funding? https://t.co/vmltOpqP1t
— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) May 18, 2016
What are the odds here, w all sudden airport trouble, that the TSA union is behind it as pressure for more hiring? https://t.co/5PfX3fbAhB
— Tammy Bruce (@HeyTammyBruce) May 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/JayCaruso/status/732556207098101762
Now, if only the media will devote a 1/10th of the energy at uncovering the TSA traffic-jams as it did to Chris Christie and #Bridgegate, we might get some answers.
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