Of course pat-downs were government overreach when Obama headed the TSA

[Tom Rinaldo]

Republicans have been rather muted about new more intrusive TSA screenings underTrump. They used to be a lot louder.


From ThinkProgres:
"Following Outrage Over TSA Screenings, GOP Reps. Chaffetz And Hoekstra Lead Revived Calls For Profiling"
By Alex Seitz-Wald
Nov 22, 2010
https://thinkprogress.org/following-outrage-over-tsa-screenings-gop-reps-chaffetz-and-hoekstra-lead-revived-calls-for-6762f2a3e95c

"In recent days, the right has worked themselves into hysteria over the TSA’s new, more invasive screening protocols, with right-wing media magnate Matt Drudge breathlessly hyping the latest video of an intrusive pat down, and Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips demanding the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. While the TSA has promised to revise the methods to make them less intrusive, many conservatives have turned to one of their favorite solutions to the national security threat de jour: ethnic profiling..."


From American Thinker:
May 14, 2011
Outraged Texas Lawmakers Seeking to Stop TSA Abuses
By David Paulin
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/05/outraged_texas_lawmakers_seeki.html

Little girls, grandmothers, beauty queens – all are unlikely terrorists. Yet all have been victims in recent months of invasive Transportation Security Administration pat-downs at the nation's airports. The searches have sparked public outrage -- despite claims from the Obama administration that they're needed to stop would-be terrorists...

..."Indecent groping searches when innocent travelers are seeking access to airports and public buildings would be outlawed under this bill," the measure's author, Republican David Simpson, was quoted as saying.

"This has to do with dignity in travel," he said. The House must take a final vote on the bill and it must then be approved by the Senate.


From The Daily Herald:
Utah legislator seeks end to TSA pat downs
http://www.heraldextra.com/news/state-and-regional/utah-legislator-seeks-end-to-tsa-pat-downs/article_e3199dc7-4b38-5ac2-b681-2ab58732d9fe.html
Lynn DeBruin - The Associated Press Jun 5, 2011

,,,"There's only two places citizens are subjected to this type of intrusive search -- at airports and jails -- and that should be chilling," said Republican Utah state Rep. Carl Wimmer, who intends to introduce legislation in January that would ban pat downs without probable cause by Transportation Security Administration workers.

"I have not seen any empirical data that shows patting down children and seniors and anyone arbitrarily has made us safer. It's simply for show," Wimmer said."

[Ms. Toad]

1. I've had plenty in both places,

"There's only two places citizens are subjected to this type of intrusive search -- at airports and jails -- and that should be chilling,

And can tell you that the TSA screenings are much more intimate.