Nancy Mace Responds to Video of Her 'Skipping' TSA Airport Security Line
Newsweek reports on a viral video showing Mace and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz being escorted past a TSA security line at Reagan National Airport during the government shutdown; Mace's office called it a misrepresentation and said the escort was Capitol Police, not TSA.
Jenni Fink ·
Newsweek reporter Jenni Fink covered the March 2026 video that appeared to show Reps. Nancy Mace and Debbie Wasserman Schultz bypassing a TSA security line at Reagan National Airport (DCA). The report placed the video in the context of a partial government shutdown that left TSA officers working without pay and created hours-long airport lines; it also noted the Senate's consideration of legislation to end congressional fast-track access, and Delta Air Lines' separate suspension of that access. Wasserman Schultz's office did not respond to Newsweek's request for comment. Mace's office told Newsweek:
"This video is a misrepresentation. Last week, she flew through New York and waited in the standard TSA line like every other American."
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