Evita Duffy-Alfonso, the pregnant daughter of Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, tore into TSA last week after a recent flight. Writing on X, she called for abolishing TSA: “I nearly missed my flight this morning after the TSA made me wait 15 minutes for a pat-down because I’m pregnant and didn’t feel like getting radiation exposure from their body scanner. The agents were passive-aggressive, rude, and tried to pressure me and another pregnant woman into just walking through the scanner because it’s ‘safe.’ After finally getting the absurdly invasive pat-down, I barely made my flight.”

Some people responded to her broadside by urging her to tell her complaint to her father. But as she repeatedly patiently explained, TSA is part of the Department of Homeland Security, not the Transportation Department.

Many women responded to Duffy-Alfonso’s tweet with their own experience of TSA abuse:

Ellen Streiff @EllenStreiff As a bilateral cochlear implant recipient, I have to opt for a pat-down screening. Even after informing TSA officers about my devices before screening and my limitations to understanding speech in noisy environment— they have been rude, impatient, and have deliberately swiped their magnetometers directly over my implants!

@Dragonflynda Dragonflynda Agree, I have had multiple bad experiences including bleeding from rough handling.

Sour Patch Lyds ن @sourpatchlyds They never swabbed my palms until I was carrying a baby

TheSaltyMom @SaltyMommaC Oh Momma, Thousands (maybe 100s or millions) of Momma’s feel this! Wait ’til your child is 8 and “tests positive” for “residual explosive sediment” on her hands (allegedly).

Hannahighpoint @hannahighpoint Wait until you try and bring your breast milk and pump. LAX tested everything in my bag and threw out my milk. 45 minutes

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