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Delta Bans Disruptive, Pro-Trump Passenger For Life

Following a pro-Trump outburst on a flight from Atlanta to Allentown, Pennsylvania, Delta Airlines has banned a disruptive passenger from flying the airline ever again.  In a video of the event that went viral, the man is seen gesturing to other passengers, shouting “We got some Hillary bitches on here? ...It’s your president. Every goddam one of you. If you don’t like it, too bad."

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Delta Airlines issued a public statement on the event:

"We are sorry to our customers who experienced this disruption. We have followed up with the teams involved and all agree that this customer should not have been allowed to continue on the flight.

 

Our responsibility for ensuring all customers feel safe and comfortable with Delta includes requiring civil behavior from everyone.

 

The behavior we see in this video does not square with our training or culture and follow up will continue so we can better ensure our employees will know they will be fully supported to make the right decisions when these issues arise."

 

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“This individual displayed behavior that was loud, rude and disrespectful to his fellow customers,” Delta Chief Executive Officer Ed Bastian said in a letter to employees. “‘He will never again be allowed on a Delta plane.”

While the man should certainly have chosen his words more... "tactfully", he did not accuse anyone of being a racist, a sexist, a bigot, a homophobe, a nazi, or hitler, and was - at least for now pending a potential recount - factually correct with regard to Mr. Trump being every American's president.