New York state Assemblywoman Claire Valdez, the Democratic nominee for New York's 7th Congressional District, faced online backlash Wednesday after a podcast clip from May resurfaced following her primary victory in which the democratic socialist called for abolishing TSA PreCheck and nationalizing the airline industry."My hot take is we need to abolish PreCheck.I’ve got, like, a million beefs with the airline industry and the process of having to fly.
We need to, like, nationalize the airline industry, but let’s start by abolishing PreCheck," Valdez said, in an interview with podcaster Francesca Fiorentini.Valdez made the remarks during a May 1 appearance on "Candidate Corner," a segment of "The Bitchuation Room" podcast.The clip spread online after she won Tuesday's Democratic primary to succeed retiring Rep.
Nydia Velazquez, defeating Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and two other candidates.Claire Valdez faced online backlash after a past podcast clip resurfaced in which she called for abolishing TSA PreCheck and nationalizing the airline industry.(Tim Evans/Reuters)MAMDANI-BACKED SOCIALIST PREVAILS IN CROWDED PRIMARY TO REPLACE RETIRING REPFormer Rep.
Marc Molinaro, R-N.Y., accused Valdez of proposing policies that would make air travel more difficult."We’ve reached the point where NY socialist Democrats think making airport security worse & lines longer somehow makes America better," Molinaro said on X.Tré Easton, a former staffer for Sen.John Fetterman, also mocked Valdez’s call to eliminate the expedited airport screening program."You can take my TSA pre-check from my cold, dead, security theater loving hands," Easton said.Travelers use a TSA PreCheck lane at an airport, the expedited screening program Valdez said should be eliminated.
MAMDANI-BACKED SOCIALIST PRIMARY WINNER FOUROUP WHOSE GOAL IS TO ‘ERADICATE' WESTERN CIVILIZATIONDavid J.Bier, director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, argued Valdez’s proposal wou...