A safety officer who was known as to cope with a "pissed off" Sen. Ted Cruz after he missed his flight out of a Montana airport did not acknowledge him, officers mentioned.

A quick video of Cruz on the airport was uploaded onto Reddit on Sunday.

The consumer who posted the clip mentioned Cruz was "accosting airline staff" after lacking his flight out of Bozeman Yellowstone Worldwide Airport. "Legislation enforcement needed to be known as when he would not settle down," the consumer mentioned.

Scott Humphrey, the airport's deputy director, informed Newsweek that a public security officer (PSO) who was within the airport's ticket foyer on Sunday morning was requested to "help with a pissed off passenger on the United ticket counter."

"The passenger had missed the check-in window for his flight and re-booking choices had been restricted out of Bozeman attributable to Spring Break," Humphrey added.

Ted Cruz accosting airline staff immediately at BZN after lacking his flight. Legislation enforcement needed to be known as when he would not settle down from
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"As soon as journey choices had been defined to the passenger, he was rebooked and departed Bozeman later that night. Our PSO didn't understand he was coping with Senator Cruz till after the actual fact."

It isn't clear what Cruz is saying within the video, which confirmed him first talking to 2 airline staff after which to the safety officer. Cruz was sporting a gray face masks, in compliance with COVID guidelines.

The Reddit consumer mentioned they had been "fairly positive" the Texas senator mentioned one thing like "do not you realize who I'm?"

Cruz "additionally demanded to talk to a supervisor a couple of dozen instances," the consumer mentioned. "Each bit as a lot of a POS in actual life as you'd think about."

Cruz's workplace and United Airways have been contacted for remark.

Cruz was ridiculed on social media over Sunday's incident, with some invoking his journey to Cancun, Mexico, whereas Texans had been struggling by a lethal winter storm final yr.

"So @TedCruz was apparently so out-of-control abusive to airline employees on the airport in Bozeman, Montana, that regulation enforcement needed to become involved," commentator Keith Olbermann wrote on Twitter. "It should've been snowing."

Journalist and creator Grant Stern wrote: "Ted Cruz is flipping out in a Montana airport, most likely as a result of he isn't in Cancun's extra spacious, heat airport."

Rick Wilson, co-founder of the Lincoln Challenge, added: "Ted Cruz getting aggro with airline counter people is so very on-brand."

It wasn't clear why Cruz was in Bozeman, however Republican fundraisers are steadily held on the Yellowstone Membership and Huge Sky, in response to Uncooked Story.

Cruz was again in Washington, D.C., on Monday for the primary day of Supreme Court docket nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson's affirmation hearings.

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) delivers remarks through the Senate Judiciary Committee affirmation listening to for U.S. Supreme Court docket nominee Decide Ketanji Brown Jackson within the Hart Senate Workplace Constructing on Capitol Hill on March 21, 2022, in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Photos