Inside Ted Cruz’s most shocking controversies from Montana airport calling security on Texas senator to Cancun trip
TED Cruz was forced to speak with security at a Montana airport over the weekend after becoming "frustrated" at missing his flight.
The Texas senator was at Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport on Sunday when he was told Spring Break travel would make it tricky to reschedule his trip.
In a clip posted to Reddit Cruz, 51, can be seen shaking his head.
Bozeman airport deputy director Scott Humphrey confirmed to that he eventually departed on an airplane later that same day.
He added: "One of our Public Safety Officers (PSO) was in the ticket lobby and was asked to assist with a frustrated passenger at the United ticket counter (which is not unusual).
"The passenger had missed the check-in window for his flight and re-booking options were limited out of Bozeman due to Spring Break."
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Humphrey added: "Once travel options were explained to the passenger, he was rebooked and departed Bozeman later that evening.
"Our PSO didn’t realize he was dealing with Senator Cruz until after the fact. If you need more information, please contact United Airlines."
Cruz has not commented on the clip and it is not clear why he was in Montana.
The Sun has contacted Bozeman airport and Cruz's representatives.
It is not the first time the lawmaker has been at the center of a controversy involving a flight.
In February last year, he was widely ridiculed after taking a trip to Cancun, Mexico during a widespread blackout in his home state.
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He was forced to concede the family vacation was “obviously a mistake” following uproar over his disappearance during the deadly winter storm.
Cruz had traveled out of the country with his family as hundreds of thousands of Texans were still grappling with the fallout of a winter storm that crippled the state’s power grid.
The lawmaker then came under more fire for reportedly leaving his dog, Snowflake, at home as he and the rest of the family jetted off.
Cruz came to Congress as a conservative insurgent who infuriated both parties.
At one point, Trump attacked Cruz’s wife and baselessly suggested that his father had a hand in the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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Cruz lashed out at Trump in response and was later booed off the stage at that year’s Republican National Convention for failing to endorse the New Yorker.
But in later years, Cruz transformed into one of Trump’s biggest champions in Congress.
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