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MSNBC Rachel Maddow (video)

MSNBC Rachel Maddow (video) - 10-10-2025-221539

MSNBC Rachel Maddow (video)

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Congress, Madow, Politics, Issues, Campaign, Policy, Election, News & Politics, Public, Nbc, President, Washington, Government

4.412.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Through her unique approach to storytelling, Rachel Maddow provides in-depth reporting to illuminate the current state of political affairs and reveals the importance of transparency and accountability from our leaders. Maddow works with unmatched rigor and resolve to explain our complex world and deliver news in a way that's illuminating and dynamic, connecting the dots to make sense of complex issues. Maddow also conducts thoughtful interviews with individuals at the center of current news stories to provide important perspective.

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0:00.0

Anytime there is a government shutdown, which we're in now, we all brace ourselves, everybody does, to see how the shutdown is going to impact how we travel through our nation's airports.

0:12.0

Because tens of thousands of FAA and TSA workers are forced to work without pay typically, which can lead to sickouts and delays and long lines.

0:19.0

I mean, we expect those things to happen any time the government shuts down.

0:23.6

And it's happening again right now.

0:25.6

But I'm about to show you something that is new, and I do not mean new in a good way.

0:30.6

Because never in the history of government shutdowns have we seen something like this.

0:36.6

It is TSA's top priority to make sure that you have the most pleasant and efficient shutdowns, have we seen something like this?

0:37.8

It is TSA's top priority to make sure that you have the most pleasant and efficient airport

0:42.2

experience as possible while we keep you safe.

0:45.3

However, Democrats in Congress refuse to fund the federal government.

0:49.3

And because of this, many of our operations are impacted and most of our TSA employees are working without pay.

0:56.5

I mean, think about how absurd that is. They control everything, and the Secretary of Homeland Security is saying that.

1:02.7

Now, now, last night, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to Reuters that that video has begun playing at airports across the country, and if you're traveling, you'll probably see it.

1:11.5

And Trump's secretary of Homeland Security, Kirsteanome,

1:14.3

there she is, is using her power over the TSA

1:17.6

to try to blame any pain travelers feel

1:20.2

from the shutdown on Democrats in that video.

1:23.1

We're seeing a similar blame game happening

1:25.1

on pop-ups of all sorts of government websites that you log into.

1:29.1

HUD's website says that the radical left shut the government down. You can see it on the screen.

1:33.4

The State Department's website calls it a Democrat-led shutdown. The White House website has a banner

1:38.4

that reads, Democrats have shut the government down with a little clock counting the second since the government shut down.

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