Passenger Kicked Off JetBlue Flight After Telling Ivanka Trump ‘Your Father Is Ruining the Country’
‘Deplorables’ Attack Passenger’s Husband, Use Anti-Gay Slurs
JetBlue kicked a passenger and his family off a Thursday morning flight to West Palm Beach, Florida after he allegedly told Ivanka Trump, who was also on the flight, “Your father is ruining the country.”
Brooklyn attorney Dan Goldstein was traveling with his husband, college professor Matthew Lasner, and their child. Goldstein reportedly told flight personnel, “You’re kicking me off for expressing my opinion?” according to TMZ. Ivanka was reportedly traveling coach with her family.Â
“The decision to remove a customer from a flight is not taken lightly,” JetBlue said in a statement. “If the crew determines that a customer is causing conflict on the aircraft, the customer will be asked to deplane, especially if the crew feels the situation runs the risk of escalation during flight. Our team worked to re-accommodate the party on the next available flight.”
Before being kicked off, Lassner had tweeted, “Ivanka and Jared at JFK T5, flying commercial. My husband chasing them down to harass them,” folowed by the hashtag #banalityofevil.
He has since closed down his Twitter account after right wing Trump supporters attacked him and his family, used anti-gay slurs, and called for him to be fired. A few examples:
Half of homo couple .@mattlasner should be banned from flying by the TSA. These queers are unhinged. pic.twitter.com/sbTTzRZi4F
— John Molesta (@John_Molesta) December 22, 2016
Deleted tweets from #HunterCollege Professor #MatthewLasner husband of #DanGoldstein left wing thug who harassed #IvankaTrump on #JetBlue pic.twitter.com/nQXrl9Wbld
— Deplorable American (@Red_White__Blue) December 22, 2016
Do the right thing @Hunter_College and fire this intolerant radical liberal @mattlasner right now for promoting verbal assault on a mom/kids
— Johnny Utah (@JohnnyUtah_SA) December 22, 2016
@MarkDice @mattlasner @Hunter_College – proud of himself for accosting a mother with her kids. Fascist left exposing themselves. #ivanka
— Tom Shattuck (@tomshattuck) December 22, 2016
@mattlasner Pathetic is an understatement. You’re a disgrace to humanity. Then you wave your compassion & kindness flag as if. https://t.co/W2iWNK9yJC
— NazeeRussianHacker🸠(@nds1776) December 22, 2016
@mattlasner
Fuck you and your fag husband— MoreFreedomLessGov (@ConservativLuke) December 22, 2016
@Hunter_College You need to fire @mattlasner for championing his husband to harass a woman & her children on a flight. Scary stuff.
— Trump Babe (@DeplorableBabe) December 22, 2016
@MarkDice @mattlasner Picking on women and children, way to go tuff guy, only a fag would be proud of that.
— MikeðŸ—🔫 (@300aacbo) December 22, 2016
UPDATE:
Via CBS News:
Goldstein also said: “Why is she on our flight? She should be flying private.â€
Another passenger told TMZ that Trump attempted to distract her children and ignore the man, who was subsequently removed from the flight by JetBlue personnel.
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