counter and shows Cruz shaking his head emphatically during the heated exchange, although the audio is very poor in quality. With black-rimmed glasses on, Cruz seems to be wearing his “Come and Take It” mask, which he also donned during Presi- dent Joe Biden’s inauguration. Soon, the video cuts from Cruz interacting with the employees to him speaking with a law en- forcement officer. The Reddit user who posted the video, disleksiaRools, also wrote the caption: “Ted Cruz accosting airline employees today at BZN after missing his flight. Law enforce- ment had to be called when he wouldn’t calm down.” They went on to comment that Cruz pulled a “don’t you know who I am?” diva moment and “demanded to speak to a man- ager about a dozen times.” Later, the Reddit user clarified some of their previous comments, saying the sena- tor’s actions were maybe less “accosting” and more “just being an entitled prick.” “[Cruz] did however make thinly veiled threats towards the employment of the peo- ple involved,” the Reddit poster continued. “Demanding their names and threatening to call corporate. Presumably to flex his politi- cal weight to punish the employees involved and/or receive special treatment.” The Observer has reached out to Boze- man Yellowstone International Airport and Cruz’s Washington office for comment but had not heard back from either by publica- tion time. However, Raw Story confirmed that the video was taken at Bozeman air- port, also noting that Republican fundrais- ers are frequently thrown at Big Sky’s Yellowstone Club. Later, the Daily Mail said it had confirmed with a Bozeman representative that Cruz had become irritated after missing his flight’s check-in window. Spring break crowds also restricted his rebooking options. “Once travel options were explained to the passenger, he was rebooked and de- parted Bozeman later that evening,” Deputy Director Scott Humphrey said, according to that outlet. “Our [public safety officer] didn’t realize he was dealing with Sen. Cruz until after the fact.” Of course, liberal Twitter had a field day with the video. Former MSNBC commenta- tor Keith Olbermann teased that it “must’ve been snowing” that day, in reference to the much-maligned trip-to-Cancun-while- Texas-froze controversy. Occupy Democrats’ executive director made his own version of the same joke, posting the video to Twitter along with the caption: “Ted Cruz is flipping out in a Montana airport, probably because he’s not in Cancun’s more spacious, warm air- port.” Even though Cruz was masked up in the video, he’s pushed to do away with airport mandates for face coverings and vaccines. Earlier this month, he claimed that many airline employees are grateful for his efforts. “Almost without exception, every time I’m on an airplane, either the captain or a flight attendant will come up to me, will hug me and say, ‘Thank you for fighting for us,’” Cruz said. Doubtful those Montana airline employ- ees thanked Cruz for fighting with them. DONATE NOW! About Us Change 4 Choice is a fundraising campaign aimed at assisting to finance Planned Parenthood's efforts in providing safe abortions to women who are restricted by the newly passed Texas Senate Bill 8, which bans abortions past 6 weeks of conception (when a majority of women discover for the first time that they are pregnant). As a group of female high school students from Southlake, Texas, we strongly proclaim that this law is a direct abuse of power to our and all women's right to freedom. To help fight these dangers and risks to our reproductive and individual rights, we wanted to strongly show our support to all women in Texas who cannot afford to receive an abortion either out of state, or are in other dire circumstances, because this new abortion law allows for no exceptions whatsoever. www.change4choice.org Donate To Our Fundraiser TO HELP FIGHt TODAY 7 dallasobserver.com CLASSIFIED | MUSIC | DISH | CULTURE | UNFAIR PARK | CONTENTS DALLAS OBSERVER MARCH 31–APRIL 6, 2022
