A foul-mouthed Las Vegas woman who was kicked off a plane for not wearing a face mask yelled the viral anti-Biden chant 'Let's...
A foul-mouthed Las Vegas woman who was kicked off a plane for not wearing a face mask yelled the viral anti-Biden chant 'Let's Go Brandon' and other obscenities as she was being arrested.
Katrina Alspaugh, 51, was initially involved in an incident just prior to boarding Sunday's Allegiant Air flight at a security checkpoint at McCarran International Airport.
Police said she tried to punch another passenger after the person noted that Alspaugh was not wearing a mask as per federal COVID-19 regulations, KLAS reported.
That passenger refused to press charges against Alspaugh, and she continued the process of boarding her flight.
Minutes later, Alspaugh was removed from the plane as it waited for takeoff, while officers rushed toward the flight gate.
Pictured: Katrina Alspaugh, 51, of Las Vegas, was arrested after being removed from a flight when she wouldn't wear a face mask while chanting the anti-Biden missive 'Let's Go Brandon'
The incident occurred at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, pictured
When officers arrived at the Allegiant flight gate, Alspaugh was standing on the jet bridge, cops said.
An airline representative had removed her from the flight and issued her a trespass notice from the company for not wearing a face mask.
Police said as Alspaugh was being removed from the jet bridge in a wheelchair, she began yelling obscenities and the phrase 'Let's Go Brandon,' a misheard and misquoted anti-Joe Biden missive initially chanted at a NASCAR event in Alabama last month.
The phrase has become a coded substitute for the phrase 'F–k Joe Biden' after a raucous crowd at Talladega Superspeedway began yelling 'F**k Joe Biden' in unison as Brandon Brown celebrated his Xfinity Series victory.
The clip went viral after NBC Sports reporter Kelli Stavast claimed the crowd was chanting 'Let's go Brandon!' during an interview with Brown.
A representative with Allegiant airline, pictured, issued a trespassing notice to Alspaugh from the company over the incident
A street vendor's wagon is filled with caps for sale showing 'Let's go, Brandon' a phrase growing in popularity in right-wing circles as a stand-in for swearing at President Joe Biden
A man sells "Let's Go Brandon" bands to tourists on the beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, November 15
Alspaugh was booked into the Clark County Detention Center, although court records did not reveal her bail conditions.
As of Wednesday, Alspaugh was not listed in the county's jail log.
Alspaugh faces one charge of violating airport rules, a misdemeanor, according to an arrest report.
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, federal law has required all passengers on public transportation to wear face masks while traveling within the US, air travel included.
The only exception is for when a person is drinking or eating.
The Federal Aviation Administration reported upwards of 4,000 unruly passenger incidents involving the refusal to wear face masks since last November.
Since January, the FAA said there were 100 incidents involving some kind of physical violence.
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