The Real Reason Republicans Want to Privatize the TSA

President Donald Trump and the conservative think tanks that inspire his policies want to privatize the Transportation Security Administration screeners who check your bags and bodies before you fly. It’s been a goal of theirs since Trump’s first term—the Heritage Foundation has been banging on about it since at least 2017—but they’ve re-upped the call amid Congress’s stalemate over Department of Homeland Security funding, which is now in its ninth week. “Shutdown woes show why it’s time to priv...