Ivanka Trump ‘chased by screaming Brooklyn lawyer who yells at her as she sits with her kids on flight to Florida’
The 35-year-old mum was travelling with her children to Palm Beach, Florida when a man allegedly began to accost her
A SCREAMING lawyer reportedly chased down Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka after spotting her on a budget flight to Florida with her children.
The 35-year-old mother-of-three was travelling with her children to Palm Beach, Florida from New York City on a JetBlue flight when a man allegedly began to accost her.
"Your father is ruining the country," said Dan Goldstein, a lawyer from Brooklyn, who had a child in his arms according to TMZ.
He then reportedly shouted: "Why is she on our flight. She should be flying private."
The former model, who is expected to act as first lady when her father become US president in January, tried to preoccupy her children with some crayons to diffuse the situation until the crew escorted him off the plane, according to reports.
But Mr Goldstein's husband Matthew Lasner insisted he was calm in a Tweet following the debacle.
"My husband expressed his displeasure in a calm tone, JetBlue staff overheard, and they kicked us off the plane," tweeted Mr Lasner, who has since deleted his account.
Just an hour earlier he wrote: "Ivanka and [her husband] Jared at JFK T5, flying commercial. My husband chasing them down to harass them. #banalityofevil"
He also took a photo of Ivanka sitting on the plane before claiming the pair were kicked off for "expressing displeasure about flying w/ Trumps".
Neither of the men confronted hubby Jared Kushner, said to have been standing next to her the entire time.
The plane was still boarding when the incident occurred, so the crew was able to get the two men and their child off the flight and avoid any further incident.
Mr Goldstein was reported to have said to the crew as they escorted him off the plane: "You're kicking me off for expressing my opinion?!!"
The tweets were then deleted in less than an hour. An hour after that Lasner deleted his entire account.
After the incident, JetBlue released a statement saying: "The decision to remove a customer from a flight is not taken lightly. If the crew determines that a customer is causing a conflict on the aircraft, the customer will be asked to deplane, especially if the crew feels the situation runs the risk of escalation during flight."
Mr Lasner and Mr Goldstein were placed on the next available flight.
Members of Secret Service were on the flight with the family, but did not intervene.
Marc Scheff, who was sat in front of Ivanka and with his young son, also took to social media to share his account of the incident.
He said: "He didn't accost her directly. When he got on and saw her, sitting behind me, he said "oh my god. This is a nightmare" and was visibly shaking.
"He said 'they ruin the country now they ruin our flight!' (Context: Boarding and therefore the flight was delayed because they needed to get on first through some other way)
"He did not yell. He was also not what I would describe as calm. Agitated maybe. His husband behind him was very calm. His son is adorable and sharply dressed.
"When the JetBlue staff went back to speak to the man I overheard Ivanka say to them 'I don't want to make this a thing.' My assessment is that she was happy to let the man take his seat. Security made a different call."
Mr Scheff later wrote: "Honestly, if I was her security I would have made the same call. I don't _think_ the man was capable of violence, sure. But I would worry that he would leave his seat or cause a scene in some way.
"And his husband had tweeted that he planned on doing that. So, again you know my politics, but I would have made the same call here."
Mr Scheff is married to actress Olivia Wilde's sister Chloe and was reportedly a vocal supporter of Clinton and proponent of Trump both before and after the election.
Ivanka had been seen leaving her Park Avenue apartment building early that morning dressed down in skinny jeans and a varsity jacket.
Due to the number of people who visit Palm Beach in the winter months and the small size of the airport, most people departing from New York City have to fly with JetBlue out of JFK airport to reach the popular destination.
Ivanka and her family will be spending the holiday with her father, the President-elect, at Mar-a-Lago.
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Mr Lasner had been very vocal about his distaste for Donald Trump on Twitter, writing shortly after the election about marching against the President-elect.
He also posted a video when he marched in Chicago with the hashtags "#notmypresident" and "#weslay".
He also retweeted a man who wrote on Twitter: "Dear @IvankaTrump + @JaredKushner, there are swastikas being painted across America by people who support your father. PLEASE SAY SOMETHING."
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