Coulter won’t back down, sit down or pipe down on Delta seat mishap
Conservative political commentator Ann Coulter is demanding answers after receiving sassy tweets from Delta Airlines in response to her complaints about having her seat reassigned on a flight from New York LaGuardia to West Palm Beach, Fla., Saturday.
“They’ve been unbelievably arrogant,” Coulter said during an appearance on “Fox & Friends” Tuesday.
“They say it was inadvertently given away, inadvertent,” Coulter said. “No, you have to go into the computer and change the ticket and print out two new ones. That’s not inadvertent.”
According to Coulter, a Delta gate agent “snatched” away the boarding pass that listed her preselected seat and assigned her a different one in the same row due to an “emergency.” Coulter says she took the seat she originally booked and was asked to move to her new seat by a flight attendant.
The situation devolved into a Twitter feud between Coulter and the airline on Monday when Coulter took to Twitter to voice her frustrations.
Suckiest @Delta moved me from my PRE-BOOKED SEAT & gave it to some woman, not elderly, child, or sick. I have pictures so don’t lie, @Delta!
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 16, 2017
If you thought it was about $30, @Delta, why didn't you give this woman $30 and let me stay in my PRE-BOOKED, ASSIGNED seat? pic.twitter.com/sR1g8tuRWX
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 17, 2017
Suck-ass @Delta spends all this $$$ on beautiful aircraft & then hire Nurse Ratchets as flight attendants & gate agents.
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 16, 2017
Delta quickly responded, offering her a refund and a scolding.
@AnnCoulter We're sorry you did not receive the preferred seat you paid for and will refund your $30. (cont.)
— Delta (@Delta) July 16, 2017
@AnnCoulter Additionally, your insults about our other customers and employees are unacceptable and unnecessary.
— Delta (@Delta) July 16, 2017
Coulter views the airline’s response as inappropriate, saying that the change cost her her comfort and time, in addition to $30.
“They are lying so much about this, and that was one of the snarky tweets they sent out,” Coulter said.
“Apparently Delta isn’t familiar with its own aircraft. As a frequent flyer, I am and on the right side of the aisle 15, you have a lot more legroom,” said the 6-foot-tall Coulter. “It’s a good seat. There’s a reason I went on at Delta’s invitation and picked this particular seat.”
Delta airlines did not immediately respond to Yahoo News’ request for comment.
Late night TV hosts and thousands of Twitter users took the airline’s side in the dispute however, many criticizing her for complaining about the loss of her seat after writing a book criticizing liberals for acting like “victims.”
I totally get it. It costs me 75k to brush my teeth. I must pre-select a brush, investigate types of paste, and periodically spit bullshit❄️
— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) July 17, 2017
I can’t believe Ann Coulter has managed to make normal people sympathize with a Big Three airline.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 17, 2017
“Wow. People, this is the civil rights struggle of our generation,” Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” joked on Monday. “How long will white women be asked to move to the back of, well not the back, but just slightly over, two seats. Ann Coulter is basically airplane Rosa Parks. I can’t wait for the inspirational film about her story.”
Coulter, however, is not backing down.
“They may think this is very witty to be firing back at me on Twitter after behaving rudely,” she said. “Again, no explanation, no apology, just here, you have to move for this other person. What is the reason for that? I mean they’ve had four days to investigate. Why did they do this?”
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