{"id":21599,"date":"2025-11-06T18:37:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T18:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=21599"},"modified":"2025-11-06T18:37:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T18:37:59","slug":"dems-will-cause-this-vital-system-to-collapse-if-they-dont-end-schumer-shutdown-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=21599","title":{"rendered":"Dems Will Cause This Vital System to Collapse If They Don\u2019t End Schumer Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The proverbial you-know-what is about to hit the fan in America\u2019s skies, warns Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. Put another way, Senate Democrats have been dragging out the Schumer Shutdown for so long that air travelers are about to feel the painful fallout of their endless dithering. The longer this political standoff continues, the worse the turbulence will get \u2014 and it\u2019s ordinary Americans who\u2019ll be stuck waiting at the gate.<\/p>\n<p>At a Tuesday press conference, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy didn\u2019t mince words as he laid out the devastating impact of the ongoing government shutdown \u2014 now on day 35 \u2014 on the nation\u2019s air traffic system. Duffy warned that, thanks to the Democrat Party\u2019s refusal to fund the government, \u201cmass chaos\u201d is about to hit America\u2019s skies.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, Duffy warned that parts of the country could soon see their airspace completely shut down \u2014 not because of weather or mechanical failures, but because there simply aren\u2019t enough air traffic controllers left on duty. Many are about to miss their second paycheck this week, and morale is collapsing:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1985763806228988307&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fusajournal.news%2F2025%2F11%2F04%2Fok-now-its-getting-serious%2F&amp;sessionId=9f50c09308119624c743452a7cc2eb898a688ca7&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1985763806228988307\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>DUFFY: The controllers got 80 or 90 percent of one payment. They missed the second paycheck. On Thursday, they get an email pay stub that will show what they\u2019re next payment will be. So, this Thursday, they\u2019ll get an email that shows that their pay stub is a big, fat zero.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Many of the [air traffic] controllers said, \u201cA lot of us can navigate missing one paycheck. Not everybody, but a lot of us can. None of us can manage missing two paychecks.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So, if you bring us to a week from today, Democrats, you will see mass chaos, you will see mass flight delays.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You\u2019ll see mass cancellations, and you may see us close certain parts of the airspace, because we just cannot manage it because we don\u2019t have the air traffic controllers.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Washington, Secretary Sean Duffy was joined by both of Pennsylvania\u2019s senators \u2014 Republican Dave McCormick and Democrat John Fetterman. Fetterman is one of only three Democrats to side with Republicans in voting to reopen the government. Meanwhile, forty of his Democratic colleagues have voted fourteen times against funding the federal government at current levels through November 21.<\/p>\n<p>Duffy laid out the grim numbers: an estimated 13,000 air traffic controllers are currently working without pay, forcing roughly half of the nation\u2019s major air traffic control facilities to operate under critical staffing shortages. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the situation is particularly dire in the New York area,\u00a0<strong>where nearly 80 percent of controllers are absent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>At her Tuesday press briefing, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt echoed Secretary Duffy\u2019s dire warning that America\u2019s skies are on the verge of becoming dangerously unfriendly. She pointed to mounting evidence that the Schumer Shutdown is taking a real toll on everyday Americans \u2014 noting that passengers at Houston\u2019s George Bush Intercontinental Airport are now facing security lines stretching up to three hours long.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1985783342927589803&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fusajournal.news%2F2025%2F11%2F04%2Fok-now-its-getting-serious%2F&amp;sessionId=9f50c09308119624c743452a7cc2eb898a688ca7&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1985783342927589803\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Duffy has been warning for weeks that America\u2019s air system can\u2019t operate safely or efficiently without proper funding. 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