Travelers in Colorado’s largest airports won’t be exposed to a video message at security checkpoints from U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in which she blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown.

Airport officials in Denver and Colorado Springs, joining counterparts at multiple other major airports, confirmed Tuesday that the video will not be shown.

Since last Thursday, Homeland Security officials have been asking airport operators to show the video at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints. In the video, Noem declares, “Democrats in Congress refuse to fund the federal government,” and says this is why “most of our TSA employees are working without pay.”

“This is in violation of the policy our airport has as a public facility. You cannot have non

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