Passenger Confronts GOP Congressman Over Flying First Class During Shutdown [View all]

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POLITICS 01/22/2019 05:50 pm ET Updated 37 minutes ago
Passenger Confronts GOP Congressman Over Flying First Class During Shutdown
“Do you think it’s appropriate?” he asked the lawmaker. “Taking that as a yes.”
By Akbar Shahid Ahmed
Video at link~


WASHINGTON ― With President Donald Trump and the GOP prolonging the partial government shutdown, a Republican lawmaker had an uncomfortable run-in Tuesday when a fellow airplane passenger found him flying first class from Chicago to Washington, D.C., according to a video of the encounter shared with HuffPost.

“Congressman, do you think it’s appropriate to fly first class while 57 TSA agents aren’t being paid?” the person says to Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), in an apparent reference to the Transportation Security Administration’s 57,000 employees, who are being required to work without pay.

A tipster who asked to remain anonymous shared the video with HuffPost, which hasn’t been able to identify the person who approached Davis.

Davis remained silent, prompting the person to say, “Taking that as a yes.”

“Taxpayers paid for this flight? Fair enough,” he added.

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