A freshman Republican from Texas says the TSA got a little too friendly during a recent pat-down in San Antonio — leading to an exchange where the congressman and the TSA agent both said they were assaulted.
Last week, a TSA agent at San Antonio International Airport patted down Francisco Canseco, who sits on the House Financial Services Committee. The agent, an aide said, was so aggressive that he hurt Canseco — so the congressman moved the agent’s hand away.
Both Canseco and the TSA agent claimed they were assaulted, and the San Antonio Police Department got involved. According to a Canseco aide, no citations were issued.
“The agent was very aggressive in his pat-down, and he was patting me down where no one is supposed to go,” Canseco told KENS 5 in San Antonio. “It got very uncomfortable, so I moved his hand away. That stopped everything and brought in supervisors and everyone else.”
Earlier this week, Canseco was patted down again, the aide said. He asked the agent why he was being detained again so soon, feeling it wasn’t coincidental. But eventually he was allowed to board.
“I asked them, ‘Why are you going to pat me down again?’ So we discussed it further, and after discussing it further they patted me down,” Canseco told the TV station.
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