Now, we little people, all aware of our station in life, realize that our elected officials, while 'technically' holding their positions thanks to voters choosing them to carry out 'the people's business,' also know that once they've achieved the oath of office, that status changes. In most cases, they are no longer grateful for the opportunity to serve 'constituents,' aka 'employers,' but instead anoint and elevate themselves to a higher status of personal privilege.
Because, you know, Congressman, senator, whatever.
They gleefully leave the trials and troubles of the knuckledragging lower classes behind, thanks to their newfound importance. Nowadays, they wrap security claims into it, and I would give credence to the trembling concerns of some of the worst offenders because they've certainly gone out of their way to earn the smoking disdain and ire they are greeted with.
But this situation only lends itself to more hard feelings between constituents and congresscritter in times like these. When the congressional privilege sees them whisked past a miserable, exacerbating, enraging, and wholly unnecessary airport experience, which their ultimate Congressional hubris and indifference to those very same constituents created.
For example, this delicate flower is Representative Nancy Mace, last October, ripping a TSA supervisor a new one for inconveniencing her.
Airport security footage shows Nancy Mace making a ‘spectacle’ due to 'minor miscommunication' https://t.co/LR57bEe3Uw pic.twitter.com/eQ7rGwjAD9
— New York Post (@nypost) December 9, 2025
His sin? Her airport escort was late to meet her at the curb to walk her through the airport, thanks to a car color mix-up. Well, and the fact that the South Carolina princess insists on using Signal to communicate, which it seems no other VIP does.
WHATEVER
Mace (R-SC), 47, had expected Charleston Airport Police to walk with her to her gate promptly after being dropped off on the morning of Oct. 30 — but flew into a rage when a supervisor who misidentified her car delayed the congresswoman’s meetup with law enforcement, according to the 10-page report.
The South Carolina gubernatorial hopeful arrived at an unexpected location in a “grey/silver BMW” rather than a “white” one, as the supervisor — who the report said “read the email quickly and pass[ed] on incorrect information unintentionally” — had stated.
Use of the encrypted app Signal — which “[n]o other protectee” uses for communicating with officers — and complications due to the “high personnel turnover” rate in Mace’s office also “exacerbated” the situation, added the Nov. 12 report by Charleston Airport Police Chief James A. Woods.
“While it is clear that we hold a certain level of responsibility in miscommunicating the color of Congresswoman Mace’s vehicle, it’s also equally clear that her continued failure to follow established procedures at the checkpoint is what turned a minor miscommunication over the color of a vehicle into the spectacle that this issue has become for our employees and airport workers,” it concluded.
Despite the delay, the South Carolina lawmaker was held up for no more than six minutes at a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint, during which time she tore into a supervisory TSA officer and later the cops who helped her to the gate, snapping at one point that she was “sick of your s–t.”
...Mace also snarled on the phone that she would not be so inconvenienced if she was a senator, confirming an early account of the incident that quoted her as saying, “[GOP Sen.] Tim Scott [R-SC] would not be f–king treated this way.”
Not everyone's like that, of course.
American at the airport looks over and sees “Robert Kennedy Jr. and Cheryl Hines on my normal flight.
— D. Scott @eclipsethis2003 (@eclipsethis2003) October 20, 2025
He films RFK Jr taking his seat in a basic economy seat
Meanwhile Bernie Sanders and AOC fly on private jets pic.twitter.com/Qlv2UKd5hE
But you know...
ROMPIENDO: @AOC andaba en Puerto Rico y hace unos minutos en el aeropuerto formó un revolú porque quería que la colaran en la fila de TSA. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
— La Vieja Changa (@condadofashion) March 18, 2026
El Agente 00Fila me cuenta que tuvieron que controlarla porque andaba iracunda. Señaló que era congresista y que merecía trato…
BREAKING: @AOC was in Puerto Rico and just minutes ago at the airport she caused a huge scene because she wanted them to let her cut the TSA line.
Agent 00Line tells me they had to restrain her because she was furious. She pointed out that she was a congresswoman and deserved special treatment.
...there are divas aplenty, male and female, who all would go ballistic without those perks that identify them as special.
And you're darn tootin' Sandy from the Bronx wanted to skip this line if she could.
🚨 HOLY SMOKES. San Juan airport in Puerto Rico has just been forced to deploy DOZENS of tents for the SNAKING TSA lines outside, with wait times reported up to 5-6 hours
— John John Jnr (@kikolara23) March 23, 2026
Chuck Schumer and the Democrats did this. UTTER MADNESS. Reopen DHS now! pic.twitter.com/8XLjiaL3T5
So it came as something of a delightful surprise this morning when I saw a notice purporting to be from Delta Airlines that said the days of the special flower check-in desk for Congressional members were over until TSA is back on its funded footing and fully staffed again.
WHUT JUST HAPPENED?
NEWS that Congressional staff are not going to like- Delta is suspending its special congressional desk service for members of Congress until the shutdown is over. @ajc https://t.co/q2w4VIkK7p pic.twitter.com/sXnnZFOz4G
— Patricia Murphy (@MurphyAJC) March 24, 2026
Do not tell me at least one airline is forcing Congressional members to shuffle that mortal coil back on?
And the timing couldn't be schweeter, coupled as it is with a John Cornyn-authored bill (unanimously passed in the Senate last week) that strips Congressional members of the privilege of skipping the TSA lines.
The airport perks for Congress may be drying up, not a minute too soon
...You read that right. The same members of Congress who have failed to fund the TSA for the last six weeks may or may not be waiting in the unimaginably long security lines they’re causing. They don’t all use the perk, but according to Cornyn, they do all have the option.
...That perk is just one of a bundle that have made flying a lot easier for the frequent flyers in Congress, who often are on an airplane twice a week or more commuting to Washington and back.
Along with skipping the lines, some members of Congress also request local police escorts to their gates. And they all get access to major airlines’ dedicated Congressional service desks to book trips, make last-minute changes, and even reserve seats on one, two or three flights on the same day, depending on congressional vote schedules.
In regular times, these could be seen as prudent security measures for high-profile flyers or simply good customer service for some of the airlines’ best customers. But taken together, they also inoculate Congress from the chaos Washington is causing.
Apparently just as fed up as the rest of us, Atlanta’s Delta Airlines announced this week that it is suspending its stand-alone service for members of Congress until the TSA is fully funded.
“Due to the impact on resources from the longstanding government shutdown, Delta will temporarily suspend specialty services to members of Congress flying Delta,” the statement read. “Next to safety, Delta’s No. 1 priority is taking care of our people and customers, which has become increasingly difficult in the current environment.”
A spokesperson for Delta told the AJC that House and Senate members will now be treated like all flying passengers, according to their SkyMiles status. In other words, just like you and me.
JUST LIKE YOU AND ME
Isn't that a concept - getting to live with the havoc you've caused?
Oooh, worse - imagine being known as a craven, lying Stolen Valor coward and then having to come face to face with the ICE agents you publicly accused of being ready to brutalize and kill people on Concourse B...
Senator Blumenthal (D-CT) suggests that ICE will shoot up airports & brutalize families there. https://t.co/YJw4F98pcW
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) March 22, 2026
...and then having to watch grateful Americans thank them...
Travelers at Atlanta airport shares how grateful they are as ICE steps up to help TSA beat those long security lines:
— Arkadalo ® (@Arkadalo) March 24, 2026
"They're here doing a job just like TSA is ... Thank goodness for 'em."
Real teamwork making travel smoother for everyone. ✈️🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/bmMmN24PFs
...or having a quick, friendly chat while accepting a welcome bottle of water.
WATCH🚨: ICE agents at Houston airport hand out water to Americans stuck in long security lines.
— Officer Lew (@officer_Lew) March 24, 2026
pic.twitter.com/Vw8uvaY12H
OMG this is going to be so delicious.
I know it's too much to ask for someone to grovel in abject apology, but there's always hope.
Now, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution expects other airlines to follow suit shortly with the same restrictions, and there are plenty of calls online to do so. Public pressure will be building for Congress to share the pain it gleefully caused once word of this development gets out.
And make no mistake - Democrats did this to the general public with a song in their hearts, and they were giddy at the prospect of adding ICE to the airport chaos they'd created.
Democrats really hate people is what you’re saying. They would rather people not be able to pay their rent or buy food all for political gain. You people are disgusting.
— Jim Verdi (@jjverdi) March 23, 2026
What a pity it's not going to work out for them.
And that whatever lines there are, if they fly Delta, they can stand in them with the rest of the proletariat.
And, man - do I hope they get an earful.
I'd have a raging case of a nod and 'You suck' every time I passed Chuck Schumer in the snake lines.
How about you?
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