I haven’t heard any of them say this isn’t what I voted for. Sadly it’s exactly what most of them want. They don’t give a shit if democracy is lost.

You might know this already but if not, people who have TSA Precheck don’t need to remove their laptops or take off their shoes. Sometimes TSA guys will remind people of this in the precheck scanner line. It’s not always super clear which scanner line is the precheck line vs regular though and perhaps you were hearing the precheck instruction instead.