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Officers step in after ‘angry’ Ted Cruz clashes with airport staff.
Ted Cruz reportedly had a run-in with airline staff at Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport over the weekend, resulting in police being called to the check-in area to calm him down.
In a video posted online, the Republican senator appears to get into a heated argument with airline attendees after he missed the check-in window for his flight.
The Reddit user who posted the short video of the interaction said Mr Cruz was “accosting airline employees … after missing his flight” and that “law enforcement had to be called when he wouldn’t calm down”.
Cruz also “demanded to speak to a manager about a dozen times. Every bit as much of a [piece of s**t] in real life as you’d imagine,” the Reddit user said.
While it’s hard to hear in the video what the politician is saying, the uploader confirmed that Cruz said something along the lines of “don’t you know who I am?”.
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Cruz’s mouth is covered by a facemask that says “Come and take it” in reference to the Second Amendment.
A law enforcement officer was then sent to help handle the situation, according to Scott Humphrey, a deputy director at the airport.
“One of our Public Safety Officers (PSO) was in the ticket lobby and was asked to assist with a frustrated passenger at the United ticket counter (which is not unusual),” Humphrey said.
“The passenger had missed the check-in window for his flight and re-booking options were limited out of Bozeman due to Spring Break.”
Cruz was quickly ridiculed for the incident, with many comparing it to when he travelled to Cancun, Mexico while Texans were dealing with power outages and freezing temperatures in February of last year.
“With school cancelled for the week, our girls asked to take a trip with friends,” Ms Cruz said in a statement at the time.
“Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night and am flying back this afternoon.”
