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CEDAR RAPIDS — The Eastern Iowa Airport has joined a growing list of U.S. airports refusing to air a video in which U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown.

The video, which last week was distributed to airports nationwide, features Noem lamenting the effects of the ongoing government shutdown on Transportation Security Administration (TSA) operations and blaming Democrats for the disruption.

In a statement to The Gazette, however, Eastern Iowa Airport communications director Pam Hinman wrote that the Cedar Rapids airport received the video but has not been showing it to visitors.

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