Sen. Ted Cruz reportedly encountered a bit of turbulence before he even left the ground at a Montana airport over the weekend, and the jokes practically wrote themselves.
In previous Ted Cruz airport drama, the senator famously flew to Cancun during a historic winter storm in Texas in February 2021, only to return 24 hours later amid public outrage. He somehow managed to blame the whole thing on his 10 and 12-year-old daughters.
Flash forward to Sunday, and Cruz allegedly had a conflict with an airline employee that warranted police intervention.
According to a video posted to a Reddit thread, the Texas Republican was “accosting airline employees today at [Bozeman International Airport] after missing his flight. Law enforcement had to be called when he wouldn’t calm down.”
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While the clip isn’t exactly conclusive, a Twitter user added: “My friend who works at the airport said Ted showed up late to check in at the United counter with 7 bags. They weren’t having it…”
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Reddit commenters left no low-hanging fruit unpicked:
MSNBC host Kieth Olbermann even joined in:
So @TedCruz was apparently so out-of-control abusive to airline staff at the airport in Bozeman, Montana, that law enforcement had to get involved.
It must've been snowing. Video here: https://t.co/PiivouySRJ pic.twitter.com/NCsf85Fbm6
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) March 20, 2022
Mister P
I offer my thoughts and prayers to Cruz. Which of course means I don’t give a shit what happened to him.
Cam
Typical Republican, he does something wrong so he attacks working people.
Mister P
I offer my thoughts and prayers which of course means I don’t care what happened to Cruz.
Kangol2
Toad Cruise seems to be trying with ever more vigor to prove he is the biggest @sshole in the GQP! His contempt for regular people seems to know no bounds!
Fahd
Maybe there was a problem with his passport.
Mack
Maybe he thought they should call the plane back just for him since he’s “so special”.
twomen4u
Let’s think about those TX idiots who keep putting him in office. What are they high? He is definitely on a power trip and wants to throw his weight around and try to show who is boss, definitely NOT him. My prayers go out to those who HAD to work with him, God Bless Them.
The Accidental Polemicist
Did you see that video? Wow.
The screaming, the yelling, throwing things! He was totally out of control. What a disgrace.
willcutabitch
Who said he was throwing things? Do you have reading comprehension problems?
Raybee
Please let there be a “no fly” list he can go on, and that airlines share their databases. Enough with the deranged and entitled passengers!
Heywood Jablowme
Saying “Do you know who I am?” at an airport is liable to get the response: “Security! There’s a man with dementia at Gate 6 who doesn’t know who he is!”
Btw Queerty, “Kieth” (sic) Olbermann left MSNBC in 2011, over ten years ago, try to keep up.
HMFan
If there was ever a more perfect candidate for Entitled White Male Privilege Posterboy, I can’t think of one.
d3clark
Is this the same Ted Cruz who said that pilots and other airline staff regularly hug him?