Acting DHS Chief Takes Heat For Tweet Addressing ‘Very Stressful’ Airport Lines

UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 25: Chad Wolf, acting DHS secretary, testifies during the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security hearing on the FY2021 budget request for DHS in Dirksen Building on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 25: Chad Wolf, acting DHS secretary, testifies during the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security hearing on the FY2021 budget request for DHS in Dirksen Building on Tuesday, ... UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 25: Chad Wolf, acting DHS secretary, testifies during the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security hearing on the FY2021 budget request for DHS in Dirksen Building on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Acting DHS secretary Chad Wolf took heat after acknowledging in a tweet early Sunday morning that passengers are experiencing long lines at airports amid the coronavirus outbreak.

In his Sunday morning tweet, Wolf said that Homeland Security is “aware of the long lines” due to an increase in medical screening requirements and that it’s “working with the airlines to expedite the process.”

Wolf’s tweet comes on the heels of President Trump’s 30-day European travel ban announcement — with the exception of Ireland and the United Kingdom — in order to prevent new cases of COVID-19 from entering the country.

On Saturday, Trump revised the ban to include the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Wolf’s attempt at assuring the public that help is on the way did nothing to calm social media’s users reactions to the long lines at airports.

Below are some of the reactions to Wolf’s tweet:

Social media users had begun airing their grievances online hours before Wolf’s tweet, however.

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  1. Working with the airlines???

    Nope, nope, nope.

    This is entirely the DHS. The airlines have nothing to do with this nonsense. No matter how much they fail on a lot of things, the lines at points of international entry are NOT the responsibility of the airlines.

    Now, once the government stops all inbound flights from anywhere, this problem goes away.

  2. An exponential display of incompetence…

    Just said to the better half, “Am I ever glad we got back from vakay on the 3rd”…

  3. Standard operating procedure for the Trump Administration: start off with bad intentions, execute sloppily and remain heedless of pain inflicted. After all, why bother with people who don’t count?

  4. Avatar for kovie kovie says:

    These passengers, so nasty and disrespectful to our Great Leader!

  5. Just a few people infected and contagious in those long lines will infect dozens more.

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