Videos of what appear to be MAGA militia members being carted off airplanes and/or arrested in airports around the country have been going absolutely viral on social media all weekend.
Was he crying like this when he was invading the Capitol?? ? pic.twitter.com/dCmYEON8mR
— No Fly List Vids (@NoFlyListVids) January 11, 2021
While it’s not clear who the people are in these videos or whether they have any connection the last week’s insurrection, it seems the internet can’t get enough.
MAGAt who stormed the Capitol: “You treat me like a f*cking Black person!”
These racist terrorists fully expected their whiteness to protect them from any consequences for their crimes, including murder.#NoFlyList #TrumpInsurection #CapitolRiots pic.twitter.com/HnfN44qZ2z
— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) January 11, 2021
According to Snopes, “while videos show people who were removed from flights for being unruly or refusing to wear a mask, these people were not added to the FBI’s terrorist no-fly list.”
Still, the videos have received millions and millions of views. Now, memers are getting in on the action. They’ve already begun preserving this unique time in American history for posterity’s sake.
How about we take this to the next level?
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UPDATE: A previous version of this story suggested the travelers being arrested were participants in the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Snopes has since pointed out that some of these videos have been miscaptioned and are actually anti-maskers being removed from planes. We regret any misunderstandings, but the videos are too good not to enjoy still.
drmiller
The first video with the 4 kids or whatever is NOT a maga-no-fly-list video. The tiktok poster explicitly says this in her part 2 video. It’s from November. Please correct!
Roy Ajax
Queerty doesn’t believe in facts. They barely care about the story, notice how it’s almost all links to Twitter comments?
Cam
@Roy Ajax
Nothing upsets the right wing troll account more than a story they can’t deflect from.
Republicans instigated a mob of their followers to attack the U.S. Capitol. You are anti-American.
@dusyk
Hahahahaha
Openminded
I realize much of this is not actually related to no fly list people, but you gotta admit most of it is funny AF. The whole No Fly Listing thing is a whole other debate that requires more seriousness than the average MEME gives it but they got that dog down and everyone’s going to get their kicks in while they can..