A man was apparently kicked off a Delta Airlines flight for wearing a shirt depicting former President Donald Trump flipping the bird — and a reference to the viral “hawk tuah” girl video.
A post in the Reddit group r/delta posted a video of the man purportedly being booted from the plane at the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport on Saturday morning.
He wore a black t-shirt showing Trump in American flag-colored sunglasses holding up two middle fingers. “Hawk tuah spit on that thang,” the shirt reads in reference to the R-rated internet clip.
“I’m getting kicked off because of my shirt,” the man announces as he walks down the aisle with his luggage, footage shows.
“And this is her reporting — stupid-ass Wendy,” he adds after reading the name tag of the female flight who was escorting him away.
According to poster SKBeachGirl, the man was sitting down waiting to board the flight when an airline staffer told him that someone had complained about the shirt and he would have to change it or be barred from the plane.
He turned the shirt inside-out and the entire flight boarded.
“Next thing I know, right before takeoff, a Delta employee comes on the plane and escorts him off the flight, he had flipped his shirt back to the decal side,” they wrote.
The airline can remove passengers from its flights to transport passengers when deemed necessary “in Delta’s sole discretion for the passenger’s comfort or safety, for the comfort or safety of other passengers or Delta employees, or for the prevention of damage to the property of Delta or its passengers or employee,” according to Delta’s Contract of Carriage,
A traveler can be removed when their “conduct, attire, hygiene or odor creates an unreasonable risk of offense or annoyance to other passengers” among other behaviors and conditions.
The Post has reached out to Delta for comment on the incident.
Earlier this year, another Delta passenger said she was nearly kicked off a flight after she attempted to board her plane without wearing a bra.
Lisa Archbold, 38, said she boarded a flight from Salt Lake City to San Francisco in Jan. wearing baggy jeans and a loose white T-shirt, sans bra. The DJ claimed a gate agent temporarily escorted her off the plane and demanded that she cover up – even though her breasts were not visible.
Archbold claimed the agent said her attire was “revealing” and “offensive” and that it violated the airline’s policy.
