A man went viral on X for saying what many people were likely thinking as they dealt with the current state of U.S. air travel.

Hours-long lines to get through security have developed at airports across the country because the Transportation Security Administration is part of the Department of Homeland Security. Due to the DHS shutdown, which began on Feb. 14, TSA officers have been expected to work without pay, leading many to call in sick or resign.

Democrats and Republicans in Congress have been battling over the issue for weeks to no avail. However, things may soon change because President Donald Trump announced on Thursday evening that he planned to issue an executive order declaring a national emergency, which would compel the DHS to issue those paychecks.

Earlier this week, Fox News reporter Brooke Taylor was at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, interviewing travelers stuck in TSA lines.

“What’s your message to Congress that could put an end to all this?” she asked one random man.

As he began to answer, another man who was standing behind him decided to blurt out his two cents.

“Fire ’em all,” the man said as Taylor quickly moved her mic over to the more cantankerous traveler. “Fire ’em all … My flight leaves in 16 minutes.”

“Doesn’t seem like you’re making that flight,” Taylor said to the man. “What are you going to do about it?”

“I don’t know,” the man said with a shrug. “Go home, work on the yard.”

When Taylor inquired about where he was going, the man explained he was traveling to a reunion with his high school buddies.

Taylor never asked the man his name during the Fox News broadcast, and it’s unclear how long the “Fire ’em all” guy had been standing in line. He did tell Taylor that he arrived at the airport at 5:30 a.m. The first interview subject told Taylor he had been waiting in line for about two hours.

Many people on social media, including Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who posted a clip on X, loved the man’s response.

“Someone buy this man a beer,” the former House Speaker said.

Someone buy this man a beer“What’s your message to Congress?”“Fire ‘em all. My flight leaves in 16 minutes” pic.twitter.com/y8hGzEWpjv

What’s his venmo?

That man for congress Seems like a reasonable man

The consensus in America right now. Congress isn’t working for the American people.

Fire them alllllll pic.twitter.com/0sKCdcvJKG

Some pointed out that the issue was a bit more nuanced and the man’s nihilistic suggestion likely wouldn’t help.

I hate the false equivalency though. There are many democrats in Congress working hard for the American people. This is MAGA’s mess. Republicans control all branches of government.

Except only half of congress is standing in the way of all of the bills the democrats have proposed, so firing them all would be firing a bunch of people who actively tried to help him and got rejected.Not to mention the objective fact that Trump is the real reason for this🤡

The DHS shutdown began when Democrats refused to fund the department without including accountability reforms at Immigration and Customs Enforcement following its violent immigration crackdown in Minneapolis earlier this year, and the fatal shootings of Americans Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

Trump has refused to compromise with Democrats and even rejected a bipartisan deal to partially fund DHS that would’ve paid the TSA agents. He caused additional chaos on Monday by deploying ICE officers to airports to help with security.

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