Dan Crenshaw Puts United Airlines on Blast After ‘Shocking’ Dog Incident

Representative Dan Crenshaw, a Texas Republican, put United Airlines on blast, accusing an airport agent of grabbing his canine with out consent after which accusing the agent’s supervisor of threatening him in a “surprising” dialog.

Crenshaw took to social media on Saturday night time to share his and his spouse’s expertise with United. In a video posted to X, previously Twitter, Crenshaw defined that whereas his spouse was on a visit to see him with their toddler daughter, his mother-in-law and their two small dogs, they had been advised that their pets couldn’t fly. Even after his spouse opted to attempt to discover one other flight, the agent tried to seize one of many dogs, Joey, out of the service, in accordance with Crenshaw.

The congressman obtained safety footage from the airport of the incident, which he put within the X video. “You’re about to see a crazed, unhinged, United ticketing agent attain in and seize the canine, beginning ripping issues off of the canine’s bag whereas my spouse tries to cease them,” the congressman stated.

Crenshaw then claimed that though his spouse and mother-in-law stated they might discover a totally different flight, “the United agent wished to take our canine out of the bag. She wished to get the canine, {photograph} him, and report my spouse, to allow them to by no means fly once more,” which he stated his spouse refused to let occur.

Newsweek reached out to United through e-mail and Crenshaw through telephone for remark.

Upon discovering out in regards to the incident, Crenshaw stated he met with United’s Vice President of Airport Operations Phillip Griffith. Crenshaw recalled what he advised Griffith, which he recorded, “I need a video of what occurred. I need to know what your laws are with respect to buyer interplay.”

The congressman then performed audio of Griffith’s reported response, “I take care of individuals such as you and your spouse and prospects such as you each single day.” Crenshaw wrote that the recording of the assembly was “surprising” in his X submit.

Crenshaw stated of the United govt in his video, “It’s so apparent the contempt that that man has for patrons.”

During the assembly, Griffith reportedly portrayed a special model of occasions than Crenshaw had defined.

While the congressman stated that his spouse was calm throughout the incident, Griffith reportedly advised him within the assembly that his spouse was “handsy” and “agitated.” Meanwhile, Griffith “stated that his agent was calm along with her arms by her aspect,” Crenshaw claimed in his video.

Then, Crenshaw requested to see the surveillance footage, which he stated, “reveals precisely what my spouse stated it could present.” Crenshaw added: “Looks like United Airlines was mendacity.”

Things ended up getting heated on the assembly, with Griffith reportedly saying at one level, “I’m gonna finish this actual rapidly,” in accordance with the audio recording Crenshaw offered. Crenshaw requested Griffith if he was “threatening” him, to which Griffith reportedly stated, “Don’t play.” After extra back-and-forth, Griffith reportedly added: “This assembly is about to return to an finish.”

Crenshaw ended the video by asking, “Is it United’s coverage on your brokers to only seize passenger’s pets and property with out their consent?”

Alongside the video, Crenshaw wrote in his X submit, “Many of you’ve shared your tales of being mistreated by an airline agent on an influence journey. It’s time to begin contemplating laws that protects passengers. These airways took tens of billions of {dollars} from taxpayers. United took $10.9 B and owes us higher than this.”

Former Representative Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican, reacted to Crenshaw’s video in an X submit on Sunday: “I’ll be trustworthy watching this made me offended. I as soon as had an airline lobbyist inform me he overheard his CEO say ‘congress cannot contact us. We’re untouchable.’ The vanity of the airways and particularly @united is beautiful.”