RantCrush Top 5: July 17, 2017

Over the weekend, it was Ann Coulter’s turn to experience an alleged injustice by an airline. In an aggressive tweet storm, Coulter accused Delta Airlines of giving her seat away to someone else, even though she said she paid extra to get a seat with extra legroom.

Does your union hate you, @Delta? Not really worth spending all that money on planes when @Delta gate staff give your seat away.

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 15, 2017

Coulter then snapped a picture of the woman who was placed in the seat she wanted and shared it on Twitter, even though the passenger seemingly didn’t have anything to do with the conflict. She then kept on tweeting for quite some time and called Delta the “suckiest” and “the worst airline in America.”

So glad I took time investigate the aircraft & PRE-BOOK a specific seat on @Delta, so some woman could waltz at the last min & take my seat.

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 15, 2017

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

On Sunday, Delta replied, and wrote on Twitter that it would pay Coulter back the whole $30 she paid for the seat. “Additionally, your insults about our other customers and employees are unacceptable and unnecessary,” the airline wrote.

Emma Von Zeipel

Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.