{"id":51321,"date":"2025-10-20T14:51:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/?post_type=press&#038;p=51321"},"modified":"2025-10-22T15:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T19:29:08","slug":"watchdog-group-secretary-noems-improper-attempt-at-airport-partisanship","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ar\/press\/watchdog-group-secretary-noems-improper-attempt-at-airport-partisanship\/","title":{"rendered":"Watchdog Group: Secretary Noem\u2019s Blatant DHS Partisanship Just Won&#8217;t Fly"},"template":"","class_list":["post-51321","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Newly filed complaints add to Trump White House\u2019s 50+ alleged ethics violations during shutdown  ","featured_image":"","press_type":236,"authors":"","related_issues":false,"related_work":false,"location":46},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>\u0648\u0627\u0634\u0646\u0637\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0635\u0645\u0629<\/strong> - Common Cause, a national, nonpartisan watchdog, filed three complaints against the Trump Administration for violations of\u00a0ethics laws, including the Hatch Act, when Secretary Kristi Noem directed airports to air a video with explicitly hyper partisan messaging. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThe Department of Homeland Security\u2019s role in airports is to protect travelers, not politicize the security line,\u201d <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u0642\u0627\u0644 <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Omar Noureldin, senior vice president of policy and litigation at Common Cause<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> \u201cSecretary Noem is using her office to push partisan talking points instead of doing her job to keep travelers safe \u2014 that's a misuse of power and a betrayal of public trust.\u201d <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">In spite of the White House <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1976668787467514316\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">boasting<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> that the video is being played across the country, airport leaders are instead flying above partisan politics.\u00a0 According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/suzannerowankelleher\/2025\/10\/15\/airports-refuse-dhs-video-blaming-democrats-shutdown-not-hatch-act-violation\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Forbes<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, the top ten busiest airports in the country have all refused to show the video. Common Cause commends state and municipal leaders for their courage in the face of Washington\u2019s partisan pressure campaign. Common Cause also reiterates its call for a robust ethics watchdog that can hold the entire executive branch accountable if similar attempts are made to abuse public authority in the future.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">To view the filed complaints, click <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ar\/%d9%85%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%af\/noem-tsa-video-ethics-complaints\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u0647\u0646\u0627<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Watchdog Group: Secretary Noem\u2019s Blatant DHS Partisanship Just Won&#039;t Fly - 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