Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned on Tuesday that if Democrats keep the government shut down, there could be serious repercussions for air travel as air traffic controllers — those directing over 44,000 flights and more than 3 million airline passengers daily — are being spread thin and overworked without pay.

"You will see mass chaos. You will see mass flight delays," said Duffy. "You'll see mass cancellations, and you may see us close certain parts of the airspace because we just cannot manage it."

'Asking them to go without a full month's pay or more is simply not sustainable.'

Duffy's warning evidently fell on deaf ears. Democrats have, after all, made explicit their intention to use Americans' pain and inconvenience as political "leverage." A senior Democrat aide e

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