Former state congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard shared a recent experience where she and her husband were harassed by airport security while traveling. “I was subjected by very in-depth screening when I travel. By in-depth I mean 30 to 45 minutes of going through that screening every time I would go to the airport to fly,” Gabbard reported. She noticed that her boarding passes were labeled with “SSSS” indicating that she had been added to a terrorist watchlist under the Quiet Skies program.
The TSA claims the Quiet Skies program is not “a program through which Federal Air Marshals surveil random travelers for no rhyme or reason.” So why was this Conservative politician who is strongly backing Donald Trump in his re-election campaign added to the watchlist? “If your local police department had intelligence that your neighborhood was at an elevated threat for dangerous activity, you’d want an increased police presence until the threat was gone. Federal Air Marshals serve in that same capacity in the aviation environment; they are law enforcement officers who use their experience and training to identify things that are out of the ordinary in the aviation environment,” the TSA noted on its website. ““Quiet Skies” is another tool that allows the Federal Air Marshal Service to more efficiently deploy law enforcement resources to focus on travelers who may present an elevated risk to aviation security.”
Tulsi Gabbard has no criminal record and there is no reason to believe she is a threat to national security, unless you have bought into Trump derangement syndrome and believe, as the president said, that MAGA conservatives are the biggest threat to domestic security. The TSA states that they do not use race or religion to identify potential threats but their website makes no mention of political affiliation. Washington has effectively turned the TSA into their personal strong arm to prevent disinters from freely traveling.
Gabbard uncoincidentally delivered a message during a prime-time interview the day before her travels that explained why Kamala Harris is unfit to lead America. This was a clear act of political retaliation and a display of how far the establishment’s web is spun throughout every public agency. “The deepest pain and harm and stress that has been caused by all of this is that forever going forward I will always be looking over my shoulder wondering if and how my government is surveilling me,” Gabbard added.
We knew that the Democrats were not above prosecuting and jailing their political opponents. We saw how they called upon Big Tech to silent all voices who disagree with them. Now they have heightened their tyranny by attempting to restrict the freedom of movement of law-abiding citizens. It has become outright dangerous to openly support Donald Trump under Biden-Harris and ANYONE who disagrees with leftist ideology can become a criminal. The original purpose of the TSA combatting terrorism after the 9/11 attacks has been lost.
As Tulsi Gabbard stated: “What hurts me the most is the fact that like so many Americans I enlisted because of the terrorist attack on 9/11, deployed to war zones to go after those terrorists, still serve in the US Army for over 21 years, and now my government is surveilling me as a potential domestic terrorist. The real pain this has caused is the stress of forever looking over my shoulder, wondering if and how I am being watched, what secret terror watch list I’m on, and having no transparency or due process. It’s not just about me. Every American has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. They have taken that away from me and my family.”
