Florida man banned from United for wearing thong as facemask compares himself to Rosa Parks

Blog
Florida man banned from United for wearing thong as facemask compares himself to Rosa Parks | Secret Flying

Man challenges mask policy on flight by wearing thong on his face.

 

A Florida man was kicked off a United Airlines flight after trying to wear a skimpy red thong as a face mask.

 

He has since compared his actions to those of civil rights activist Rosa Parks.

 

The incident, which occurred on Wednesday morning at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, seemed to be politically motivated, as Adam Jenne was dressed in an anti-Biden “Let’s go Brandon” T-shirt.

 

In a clip circulating on Twitter, Jenne is seen wearing the thong on his face, with a United flight attendant asking him to disembark for non-compliance with the airline’s mask requirements.

 

A TSA agent is eventually called to escort him off the plane.

 

Comparing himself to Rosa Parks, who refused to move for a white bus passenger during segregation in 1955, Mr Jenne said: “Everything else that has sparked change in this country has come from everyday people, Rosa Parks was nobody famous, she changed the course of history.”

 

Jenne told WSVN7 News that he was wearing the panties on his face instead of a mask to challenge the mask mandate on flights.

 

He said it’s not the first time he’s pulled such a stunt; he’s allegedly done it more than a dozen times, but on all the other flights he made it to his final destination.

 

“Every single flight has been met with different reactions from the flight crew,” he told NBC2. “Some with a wild appreciation, others confrontational.”

 

According to Jenne, around a dozen people also left the plane after his anti-face mask protest.

 

He thanked those who protested with him: “Thank you to them, because they saw something, an injustice, something that didn’t make sense, and they stood up,” he said.

 

United Airlines has reportedly banned Jenne from flying with them again.

 

“It’s nonsense, it’s all nonsense, Covid doesn’t know that we’re cruising at altitude. It’s stupid, the whole thing is theatre,” he said.

 

The United States has seen an uptick in cases as the Omicron variant continues to spread around the world.

 

The country is averaging 118,717 new Covid-19 cases each day – 40% higher than a month ago, per Johns Hopkins University data.

 

President Joe Biden warned that unvaccinated citizens face a “winter of severe illness and death” and encouraged Americans to get a booster jab.