Current Events > Trump supporter kicked off flight for refusing to wear face mask

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A passenger has been kicked off an American Airlines flight after he refused to wear a face mask.
Brandon Straka, a supporter of president Trump, who describes himself as a former liberal, tweeted that he had been removed from an American Airlines flight, after refusing to follow their guidelines.
On Monday, American Airlines published a news release, where they reiterated that their policy is that all passengers need to wear a face mask when on board one of their flights.
They added: Some passengers are exempt from the face covering requirement, such as young children and those with a disability or medical reason for why they cannot wear a face covering. The policy also does not apply while eating or drinking.
Mr Straka tweeted on Wednesday: I was just removed from my flight for not wearing a mask. 1st time this has happened. Not a federal law.
@AmericanAir staff standing over me telling me its THE LAW. So much for please respect those who can not wear a mask. When I pointed out this wasnt a law I was removed.
After he was kicked off the flight, Mr Straka, recorded a video on Periscope, detailing what happened on the flight.
Mr Straka added: This is insane, absolutely insane. We dont even have a choice anymore. Its not the law, as you know, its not the law.
Astead Wesley, a journalist at the New York Times, said: He just got off the plane and ppl applauded lmaooo.
In a video he recorded while onboard the flight, a second man could be heard arguing with airline staff, saying that they also didnt feel like they needed to wear a mask.
American Airlines confirmed to the Independent that Mr Straka was kicked off a flight to Dallas on Wednesday.
They said: Prior to the departure from the gate of American Airlines flight 1263 from New Yorks LaGuardia to Dallas/Fort Worth, Brandon Straka declined to wear a face covering.
After he refused to comply with the instructions provided by the flight crew, our team members asked him to deplane. He deplaned and the flight departed the gate four minutes late at 12:34pm ET.
They added: Mr. Straka stated to our airport team members that he would comply with our policies, and was rebooked on a later flight. Our team is reviewing this incident, and we are reaching out to Mr. Straka to get more information.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-supporter-kicked-off-american-195912704.html

Brandon Straka - Douche
https://imgur.com/HK7AQxJ

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Gotta love the "former liberal" lies that Trump supporters constantly spew. No, you were never liberal. Never. Like, not at all. No one goes from being liberal to an outright conservative trump supporter overnight.

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Fair, next.

I also like the ones that claim to be libertarians despite the fact Trumps policies are pretty much opposite in every regard.

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100% attention whoring.

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SquantoZ posted...

Gotta love the "former liberal" lies that Trump supporters constantly spew. No, you were never liberal. Never. Like, not at all. No one goes from being liberal to an outright conservative trump supporter overnight.

Maybe not that sharp a turn, but most people generally do drift to the right as they get older.

And the left, as a whole, generally keeps pulling to the left with each generation.

Dallas to Tulsa is like a 4 hour drive. With boarding and unboarding you'd spend more time and money taking a plane over just driving it.

Why does that guy look exactly like I thought he would?

HydraSlayer82 posted...

I also like the ones that claim to be libertarians despite the fact Trumps policies are pretty much opposite in every regard.

I run into a looooot of these around here lately. They're too embarrassed to let sane people know that they're Trump slurpers, so they say that bullshit.

I hear one or two every single night I work the counter at the brewery.
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I'm not a fan of the wearing mask on the plane also. What happens when you wear a mask then take it off once they are high enough? It's not like they're gonna turn around and make emergency landing right?

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Christian RULES posted...

I'm not a fan of the wearing mask on the plane also. What happens when you wear a mask then take it off once they are high enough? It's not like they're gonna turn around and make emergency landing right?

just wear the mask, crybaby

It doesn't have to be the law. Airline companies are a business and you abide by their terms when using the business. I thought Trump supporters had a hard on for big business being able to do whatever they want.

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Siaperaz posted...

100% attention whoring.

Esrac posted...

Fair, next.

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Did he bitch about the requirement to have a bag of a certain weight too? That's not a federal law either, jackass

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Imagine making a whole plane of people late to their destination just because you don't want to wear a mask in the middle of a pandemic. Holy shit.

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Christian RULES posted...

I'm not a fan of the wearing mask on the plane also. What happens when you wear a mask then take it off once they are high enough? It's not like they're gonna turn around and make emergency landing right?

They get sucked out through the emergency exit

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SquantoZ posted...

Gotta love the "former liberal" lies that Trump supporters constantly spew. No, you were never liberal. Never. Like, not at all. No one goes from being liberal to an outright conservative trump supporter overnight.

That was the first thing I thought when I read that. This guy was raised the way he is now. If his mom ever made chicken, she had to throw out all the left wings lest her husband beat her.

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MildlyIrkedOwl posted...

Did he bitch about the requirement to have a bag of a certain weight too?

Brandon Straka wanted the special treatment to have that. Denied on both counts
if he only complied with the rules. everyone would've saved a whole 4 minutes. that fucker ><.
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Siaperaz posted...

100% attention whoring.

Triggered.

Siaperaz posted...

100% attention whoring.

And you would know what attention whoring is.
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Christian RULES posted...

I'm not a fan of the wearing mask on the plane also. What happens when you wear a mask then take it off once they are high enough? It's not like they're gonna turn around and make emergency landing right?

Assuming the flight attendants instruct you to keep the mask on, you will be violating federal law if you don't comply and will likely be arrested once the plane lands. To be clear, this is not a law about masks, this is a law about complying with flight attendants.

That's what the guy in the article apparently failed to understand. There might not be a law about wearing masks in planes, but he still violated the law by not complying with the request to wear one.

Anticyclonic posted...

It doesn't have to be the law. Airline companies are a business and you abide by their terms when using the business. I thought Trump supporters had a hard on for big business being able to do whatever they want.

True, but as noted above flight attendants have even more authority than that. While working onboard they are federal agents.

Absolutely fair and next
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Christian RULES posted...

I'm not a fan of the wearing mask on the plane also. What happens when you wear a mask then take it off once they are high enough? It's not like they're gonna turn around and make emergency landing right?

They would land at the nearest airport and you would be arrested by federal agents

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