Police were called to step in after a “frustrated” Sen. Ted Cruz reportedly got in an argument with airline staff at a Montana airport over the weekend.
Footage posted on Reddit showed Cruz (R-Texas), who was wearing a mask, speaking to two United Airlines staffers at Bozeman Airport on Sunday after he missed the check-in window for his flight.
A law enforcement officer had to be called in to help defuse the situation, Scott Humphrey, a deputy director of Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport, told the Daily Mail.
“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.”
The Reddit user who posted the video claimed Cruz was “accosting” the two airline employees and “wouldn’t calm down.”
It wasn’t immediately clear what Cruz said to the airline employees.
The Reddit user claimed the senator said something along the lines of “Don’t you know who I am?” and requested to speak to the manager several times.
After the law enforcement officer stepped in to assist, Cruz was subsequently booked onto another flight and left Bozeman later that evening, Humphrey said.
“Our PSO didn’t realize he was dealing with Senator Cruz until after the fact,” he said.
Meanwhile, several tornadoes touched down in Cruz’s home state of Texas on Monday, leveling dozens of homes and damaging a number of schools, according to local reports.
He is human. Most people have reacted badly to a frustrating situation. Ted, they are workers doing their job. You should apologize to the workers. Frustration is not a reason to treat others badly. It is natural to get frustrated and lash out. It is admirable to recognize you were acting badly and be apologetic .
I know who you are!!!! You are Ted Cruz!!!! The Jack@$$!!!!
The clock doesn’t know and doesn’t care who anyone is.
Some people think they have a right to do what and when they want. Leave earlier!!!!!!!
Hysterical as Cruz recently stole and modified #45’s “Sir” story and claimed that whenever he gets on a plane that the entire crew hug and thank him profusely for “protecting them” .
Doesn’t know who Ted Cruz is? Does he live under a rock?
Whether you love Ted Cruz or hate him, he is a prominent senator who’s on the news routinely.
He is part of Trump’s coup. He is a Texas State senator that thinks because of that he should be bowed down to his his feet kissed. The last airport drama was when he bolted from TX because of the bad weather in TX where practically the whole state was out of electricity so he decided to go to Cancun until the weather got bet but that backfired on him when he was caught at the airport by citizens who blasted him over it. He heard about that for a long time. In other words he is an idiot friend of Trump. They have so much in common.
Just like with Trump you crumbs find crumbs to complain about and ignore the vast amount of good they both accomplish.
Ted LOSER Cruz doesn’t do any good. He’s an absolute idiotic moron. I’m stunned that Texas has THAT many idiots that actually vote this moron into office!?!
I worked for a different airline, and had a similar experience with employees at that same airline, not in Bozeman. They had no sense of customer service, and I did raise my voice at their attitude. Quickly their supervisor came out, ask me what my problem was, and he took care of it immediately. He told me to just ask for him any time his people were opting for rules over customer service. Its easy for the senior agents to become a bit power hungry. All airline employees should put customer service first even when it involves a few minutes out of the official rules.
Just a bit of info on the life of Ted Cruz.
if he had been a demacrate they would have kissed his ass
if hed been a demacrate they woul have kissed his ass