A friend who attended told exactly this story. They barely got through and said that they had to navigate both checkpoints AND a wall of protester bodies blocking them.
This article tells the truth
That is interesting and first time I heard this. 36 hours?! Sounds like TSA undermined Trump? Hopefully that is address quickly—like fire TSA.
TSA is probably the very first government agency I would have dissolved had I become President.
They have no reason for being, no track record of success, and a litany of transgressions against the freedom rights of American Citizens.
It, along with the DHS, is perhaps the worst thing that W ever did. Shame on him. Shame on him!
DISBAND THEM!
We need to move off this this topic....much bigger fish to fry.
Also:
DC area is LOADED with gov’t employees (who obviously vote for more government) who could easily attend a Dem or RINO inauguration.
Trump’s supporters are heartlanders. I, for one, couldn’t afford a day off work and travel costs.
Why would you keep an agency that fails to do it’s job 95% of the time
I used to fly with a screwdriver kit in my bag. It was cheap, and I could replace it quickly if I needed to ($20) but the hour of time it saved me on-site was worth it if I could keep it.
I traveled with it in my bag AT LEAST 2 dozen times, until a TSA agent finally stopped it.
From the TSA Website:
MissionProtect the nation's transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce.
Are my legs now a federally secured transportation system?
-PJ
We want results. Jobs. Dead ISIS bodies. Prosecutions. Deportations. Lower taxes. Exploding liberal heads.
I read that the more distant viewing regions did not require a security check before this year. I went unticketed for Bush43 in 2001 and 2005 and did not have to go through a metal detector. There may have been a purse check though I don’t remember. I do remember the disrupting hoards making getting to the mall unpleasant, but not threatening violence. This threat is what kept me away this year.
...but, but this isn’t consistent with the leftist media narrative.
OK. Score one for the D.C. permanent bureaucracy looking to stick it to Trump.
Watch and learn, Mr. President.
And take revenge. For all of us.
A friend who attended said that to get into the event, security required a strip search. Yes, strip search. Not sure if that was TSA or SS or what.
After leaving L’Enfant Metro Station I was in a line on 7th Ave from 7am to 1030am on Inauguration Day. At one point we only moved 50 feet in 30 minutes.
The TSA checkpoint consisted of four lines: two with tables to check those with purses/bags and two lines for those without bags. It took up about one car lane on 7th ave. There was plenty of room for more agents.
It was certainly a slow business. It was frustrating to see fellow Americans cutting in line. Who sees a long line of people, then tries to sneak in the middle of it? More than the long wait, this was the most disconcerting thing about that ordeal. One group of four tried to sneak in front of us. My relatives and I loudly called them out. I said they were as bad as liberals, always taking things that don’t belong to them, like spots in line. The ‘me, me, me’ attitude of some people is pretty disgusting.
All that said, it was an awesome experience. When Hillary was shown on the nearby screen, a chorus of boos and chants of ‘lock her up’ broke out. More boos for Chuck U Schumer. Absolute relief and elation once Trump took the oath.
It was cold and crowded, so we caught the Metro and watched the parade in the comfort of home on TV.
Finally this is brought to light! I was in DC for the inauguration. We got lucky as some woman gave us tickets which allowed us to get in to the orange section. There was a group from my sons high school though and they waited in a line for access to the mall in a massive line (sons friend said at 8:00am it was the longest line he had ever seen). They waited for 5 hours and never got in! They ended up going down to the Washington Monument and hung out there during the ceremony. We tried to go to the parade but it was completely disorganized. We tried to access the parade route from the south side through the mall but all the access points were closed. The officers would not give us any information just that we could try the next entrance down several blocks. We walked for one hour in a massive loop around the parade route and when we finally reached an entrance on the north side the entrances that were open had long lines but we could see that they were only letting a few people through. Based on the pace they were letting people through we decided to forget it as my kids at this point just wanted to go home as they were exhausted.
Ping!
tsa again proving to be worthless.