Passenger ejected from flight after confronting Ivanka Trump

TMZ, in a story picked up and widely circulated by US media, wrote that the male passenger was ejected from the Florida-bound plane before it departed New York, after berating President-elect Donald Trump's daughter. "Your father is ruining the country," the man told Ivanka, according to TMZ. "Why is she on our flight? She should be flying private," he shouted.

Here is professor @mattlasner's deleted tweet regarding the harassment of Ivanka Trump and her children on JetBlue @Hunter_College pic.twitter.com/FGG5DUaQk8

— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) December 22, 2016

The gossip news site wrote that Ivanka, 35 -- traveling with husband Jared Kushner and her three children -- ignored the man and tried to distract her children with crayons.

Does Ivanka look like a woman who sits in middle seat on JetBlue with almost no makeup. Staged to change her to every woman. #TheResistance pic.twitter.com/9YYMLlnXjO— Sue (@homenotalone) December 23, 2016

Eventually the passenger was removed from the flight, TMZ said, reporting that the man shouted, "You're kicking me off for expressing my opinion?" as airline personnel escorted him off the plane. Without confirming all the details of the TMZ story, Jet Blue provided a statement saying that a passenger had been ejected from the flight. "The decision to remove a customer from a flight is not taken lightly," the statement read.

Reports: #IvankaTrump and family berated by man on #JetBlue flight https://t.co/rmVq3Cwcg7 pic.twitter.com/O8KXyBjHs0

— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 22, 2016

"If the crew determines that a customer is causing 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," the New York based airline said. "In this instance, our team worked to re-accommodate the party on the next available flight."

If you really think Ivanka flies coach, much less flies Jet Blue...listen I have this great secret diamond mine for sale — Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) December 23, 2016

Ivanka Trump, a businesswoman with a successful clothing line and a vice-president in the Trump real estate empire, is expected to play a prominent role in her father's Republican administration after he is sworn in next month, including some duties normally assigned to the first lady.

Regardless of your political beliefs, harassing Ivanka Trump, a mom, sitting with her 3 kids, is disgusting. This is why the left lost.

— Madison Faupel (@madisonfaupel) December 22, 2016