Port of Bellingham staff confirmed during the most recent commission meeting that Bellingham International Airport (BLI) was not playing a controversial video from the federal government blaming Democrats for the government shutdown.
Commissioner Michael Shepard asked interim executive director Tiffany DeSimone to comment on a video released by the Trump administration earlier this month as the port had received numerous queries on whether the video was playing in Bellingham.
Airport operation manager Gage Dally said the airport had not been asked to play the video and did not have the capability to stream it. DeSimone added the port was watching the decisions of nearby regional airports.
The federal administration has requested airports across the country play the video depicting Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem faulting Democrats for the government shutdown. The shutdown began October 1 and has created longer security lines at times at airports.
“It rivals calling pickleball a fad, the number of emails we’ve received,” commissioner Ken Bell said.
