{"id":1003505,"date":"2019-01-25T11:51:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T15:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003505"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:10:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:10:36","slug":"dnc-on-air-traffic-control-staff-shortage-and-delays-in-several-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-air-traffic-control-staff-shortage-and-delays-in-several-states\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC on Air Traffic Control Staff Shortage and Delays in Several States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement after airports around the U.S. began halting or delaying flights due to staffing issues caused by President Trump\u2019s government shutdown:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cTrump\u2019s shutdown needs to end now. When our air traffic shuts down, the damage to our economy is enormous, millions of Americans are affected, and our national security is endangered. This was entirely avoidable, but Donald Trump refuses to grow up and end his temper tantrum.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement after airports around the U.S. began halting or delaying flights due to staffing issues caused by President Trump\u2019s government shutdown: &nbsp; \u201cTrump\u2019s shutdown needs to end now. When our air traffic shuts down, the damage to our economy is enormous, millions of Americans are affected, and our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DNC on Air Traffic Control Staff Shortage and Delays in Several States - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-air-traffic-control-staff-shortage-and-delays-in-several-states\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-25T15:51:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:10:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-air-traffic-control-staff-shortage-and-delays-in-several-states\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-air-traffic-control-staff-shortage-and-delays-in-several-states\/\",\"name\":\"DNC on Air Traffic Control Staff Shortage and Delays in Several States - 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