Senator Ted Cruz photographed without his mask on American Airlines flight, despite the airline policy

A photo of Ted Cruz hired an American Airlines flight appears on Sunday without a mask to show the senator of Texas, apparently require the airline in violation of the policy it is that passengers face coatings help to prevent the possible spread of the crown coating . the American Airlines customers are required to wear jackets face while on board flights, a policy that is enforced by the doors of the airlines at airports that passengers make the aircraft entered wearing face masks. The policy does not apply to those who eat or drink, although airline asked people as quickly cover their faces as they finished. While Cruz holding a drink seems to be in the picture, it is unclear whether he has moved a covered his face with his mouth before drinking – a mask is not visible to all over the image. Another photos of Cruz to escape gate shows him without the mask. In response to a request for comment by time, she said a representative for Cruz, had removed the mask to drink. They found an additional photos of Cruz wearing a mask on another flight, where he wore a mask. “To help promote safety, Senator Cruz wears a mask while traveling and social distancing practices, as far as possible. In accordance with the policy of the airline, has temporarily removed mask when eating or drinking,” he said spokesman in a statement. During his escape, he removed to drink “Yesterday around the mask and put it back later. We should all common practice is common sense measures to slow down the virus.” Hosseh Enad that Twitter users who shared photos of Cruz faceless coverage, not immediately respond to a request for comment. According to the American Airlines Cruz she flew on a local regional partner airline. “We are committed to protecting the health and safety of all those who fly with us, and we are seeing the details of this matter reviewed,” said the airline in a statement. The airline has already received the attention on his face coatings policy enforcement. In June, the conservative activist Brandon Straka from an American Airlines flight was removed because he refused to wear a mask. American Airlines Straka then banned from all flights, provided that the requirements are available for face coverings. indicated The original version of this story correction, on July 13 of the same Ted Cruz was photographed wearing a mask on the same flight on American Airlines which was seen wearing the coverage previously faceless. The second photo of Cruz is from another flight on Sunday.
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