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| Delta Air Lines is banning for life a passenger who professed his support for President-elect Donald Trump on a flight to Pennsylvania and insulted those who did not, the company’s CEO said Monday. | Delta Air Lines is banning for life a passenger who professed his support for President-elect Donald Trump on a flight to Pennsylvania and insulted those who did not, the company’s CEO said Monday. |
| Edward Bastian said in an internal memo that the airline was also refunding the cost of tickets for other passengers on the 22 November flight from Atlanta to Allentown. | Edward Bastian said in an internal memo that the airline was also refunding the cost of tickets for other passengers on the 22 November flight from Atlanta to Allentown. |
| A video posted on Twitter shows a man standing in the aisle, yelling and insulting supporters of the Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton. | A video posted on Twitter shows a man standing in the aisle, yelling and insulting supporters of the Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton. |
| WATCH: Trump supporter calls women "Hillary Bitches" on flight to Allentown. Spoke to Emma Baum who shot video, @Delta did nothing. pic.twitter.com/2ZBjNCurNM | WATCH: Trump supporter calls women "Hillary Bitches" on flight to Allentown. Spoke to Emma Baum who shot video, @Delta did nothing. pic.twitter.com/2ZBjNCurNM |
| The man asks loudly: “We got some Hillary bitches on here?” He proceeds to clap and yell Trump’s name a few times while other passengers seemingly try to ignore him, some staring at phones and tablets, others with arms folded. | The man asks loudly: “We got some Hillary bitches on here?” He proceeds to clap and yell Trump’s name a few times while other passengers seemingly try to ignore him, some staring at phones and tablets, others with arms folded. |
| Referring to Trump’s victory, he says: “If you don’t like it, too bad.” | Referring to Trump’s victory, he says: “If you don’t like it, too bad.” |
| The writer Yashar Ali posted the video to Twitter, writing that a woman named Emma Baum filmed the encounter. Baum had also shared the video on her Facebook page, according to a Pennsylvania newspaper. | The writer Yashar Ali posted the video to Twitter, writing that a woman named Emma Baum filmed the encounter. Baum had also shared the video on her Facebook page, according to a Pennsylvania newspaper. |
| Baum told the Morning Call newspaper that she first noticed the man while waiting to board the flight because he had chanted Trump’s slogan several times. She was originally seated next to him, but switched with another passenger. Baum, 21, who lives in Belize and was on her way home to visit family, asked the man about the election and he then stood up to talk to her, according to the paper. | Baum told the Morning Call newspaper that she first noticed the man while waiting to board the flight because he had chanted Trump’s slogan several times. She was originally seated next to him, but switched with another passenger. Baum, 21, who lives in Belize and was on her way home to visit family, asked the man about the election and he then stood up to talk to her, according to the paper. |
| The man was taken off the plane by a flight attendant, Baum said, but was let back on. | The man was taken off the plane by a flight attendant, Baum said, but was let back on. |
| Baum said she reported the man’s behavior to airport security after the flight landed. The New York Times reported that it was unclear what measures were taken after the flight landed in Allentown. | Baum said she reported the man’s behavior to airport security after the flight landed. The New York Times reported that it was unclear what measures were taken after the flight landed in Allentown. |
| In responses to both videos, many were in disbelief that the man was not removed from the flight and speculated on how different his treatment would be if he were not white or not speaking English. Ali continued to tweet updates as he sought a “decent” response from Delta. | In responses to both videos, many were in disbelief that the man was not removed from the flight and speculated on how different his treatment would be if he were not white or not speaking English. Ali continued to tweet updates as he sought a “decent” response from Delta. |
| Delta, an Atlanta-based airline, had previously apologized over the man’s outburst in a statement released on Saturday. | Delta, an Atlanta-based airline, had previously apologized over the man’s outburst in a statement released on Saturday. |
| Bastian said the crew questioned the man and made the best decision they could, given the information they had, and allowed him to remain on the flight. | Bastian said the crew questioned the man and made the best decision they could, given the information they had, and allowed him to remain on the flight. |
| “However, if our colleagues had witnessed first-hand what was shown in the video, there is no question they would have removed him from the aircraft,” he wrote Monday. “He will never again be allowed on a Delta plane.” | “However, if our colleagues had witnessed first-hand what was shown in the video, there is no question they would have removed him from the aircraft,” he wrote Monday. “He will never again be allowed on a Delta plane.” |