Amid a partial DHS shutdown blamed on Senate Democrats, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) posted a viral video claiming President Trump’s deployment of ICE agents to airports had dramatically cut TSA wait times in Minneapolis to under five minutes, while other airports faced long delays.
However, cynical fact-checkers appeared out of the woodwork. Reason reporter Billy Binion called out the alleged inaccuracy, sparking a snarky online exchange in which Boebert dismissed him with “It’s not your fault. Our schools failed you.”