President Donald Trump might have once again snatched defeat from the jaws of victory for Senate Republicans when it comes to winning the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
As the crash at LaGuardia International Airport that killed two Air Canada pilots caused further flight delays in the New York metro region Monday, Trump proceeded to escalate the showdown in two ways: First, he announced that he would send ICE agents to airports to full in for unpaid TSA agents who have been calling out sick in droves. Initially, Republicans seemed gleeful at the slap at Democrats.
