Gay Couple Removed From Flight After Confronting Ivanka Trump

One of the men reportedly screamed at the future first daughter, "Your father is ruining the country."

Neal Broverman

Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.

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December 22 2016 8:30 AM EST

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A ruckus occurred Thursday morning at New York's JFK International Airport when a gay man loudly confronted Ivanka Trump on a JetBlue plane and was then removed before it took off.

"Your father is ruining the country," the man said to Trump, according to TMZ. The oldest daughter of the president-elect allegedly did not respond, even when she was asked why she was flying coach and not a private plane as her father does. JetBlue officials removed the man and his husband -- who, like Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, were traveling with children. The man who confronted Trump said, "You're kicking me off for expressing my opinion?"

JetBlue officials released a statement to TMZ that crew members routinely remove passengers "causing conflict."

According to the gossip site, one of the gay men tweeted the following message before the altercation: "Ivanka and Jared at JFK T5, flying commercial. My husband chasing them down to harass them."