Just after the Texas house passed an anti-groping bill, the U.S. Attorney’s office wrote a threatening letter stating that the TSA would cancel ALL flights out of Texas if the state senate passed this bill.
The U.S. Attorney’s letter argued that the TSA could not ensure the safety of passengers and crew unless TSA agents were given the unlimited power they currently enjoy which includes:
• Reaching into the pants of an innocent 6-year-old;
• Groping the breasts, inner thighs, and crotch of a woman who had just cleared security;
• Patting down a wheelchair-bound 14-year-old brain cancer patient.
Under threat, the Texas senate withdrew the anti-groping bill.
But now a citizen uprising is demanding the Texas governor revive the bill (HB 1937) during a special session.
As events unfold in Texas, other states are watching closely to see what happens.
Undeterred, Utah Rep. Carl Wimmer (R) is following Texas’ lead by introducing a similar anti-groping bill.
The proposed bill simply says that TSA agents are NOT exempt from the requirement of “reasonable suspicion or probable cause” in order to pat down a citizen. Furthermore, it would make touching the sexual body parts of the person being searched illegal.
Rep. Wimmer said, “The absolute overbearing audacity of the federal government in threatening Texas while Texas is trying to protect their citizens should really offend any red-blooded American.”
I agree, and you should too.
If Texas stands up to the Federal Government and wins this battle, it’s a win for all of us.
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For the Family,
Eugene Delgaudio
President, Public Advocate of the United States
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