This airport stuff is all designed to punish the people who voted the Democrats out of power in the House of Representatives. They think that a disproportionate number of people who fly are in the “producing class.” They think that the number of “their voters” who fly is relatively small, and that alienating these votes won’t hurt them that much.
Now I know why the grocery store was out of tinfoil.
Have you been in an airport recently? Your comment suggests not.