Eight Republican Senators Oppose Federal No-Fly List

The Insider reports:

A group of Republican senators pressed the Department of Justice to block the creation of a federal no-fly list of disruptive passengers since it would be unfair to people who break mask mandates.

They noted that most of the recent uptick in unruly behavior on planes was down to people not obeying mask rules, and said it would be unfair to punish them with a flight ban.

The letter was signed by eight GOP senators, including Ted Cruz of Texas, Mike Lee of Utah, and Marco Rubio and Rick Scott of Florida. They argued that systematically blocking anti-maskers from flying would be excessive given that prior no-fly lists are limited to terror suspects.

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Flight attendants “have been punched, kicked, spit on, disrespected… we need to be very clear about what the rules are, what the consequences are” -Sara Nelson, Pres of Assoc of Flight Attendants to GOP senators who are against putting unruly passengers on federal “no fly list” pic.twitter.com/aHN7CKpNrX

— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) February 16, 2022