Delta Bans Trump Fans Who Hounded Graham And Romney At Airports

Sens. Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) listen as President Donald Trump meets with Danny Burch, a U.S. hostage in Yemen that had been released, in the Oval Office at the White House on March 06, 2019. (Ph... Sens. Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) listen as President Donald Trump meets with Danny Burch, a U.S. hostage in Yemen that had been released, in the Oval Office at the White House on March 06, 2019. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Delta Air Lines has put passengers who heckled Sens. Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on its no-fly list, TPM has confirmed.

Ed Bastian, the airline’s CEO, first told Reuters about the ban.

Delta spokesperson Morgan Durrant confirmed the move to TPM, adding that “we have no other comment or detail” on the matter.

On the night before Congress was slated to officially certify President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory, a furious group of President Donald Trump’s supporters mobbed Romney at Salt Lake City International Airport in Utah, where they accused the GOP senator of being a “traitor” for rebuffing Trump’s demand that lawmakers overturn the election.

Several days later, Graham suffered a similar nightmare at an airport in D.C. after he voted to certify the election results. Trump fans screamed expletives at him and warned that “it’s going to be like this wherever you go for the rest of your life.”

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  1. Delta spokesperson Morgan Durrant confirmed the move to TPM, adding that “we have no other comment or detail” on the matter.

    Earned a bonus right there.

  2. Not really a fan of this one. People have the right to petition their representatives with grievances. And those little bits of public appearance are one of the few places that real people can come into earshot of them and let them know what they think.

  3. Guess they’ll have to stay on the Trump Train since they can’t fly.

  4. 1/6 changed everything.

  5. Let 'em ride the dog…

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