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Dan Goldstein is a Brooklyn attorney who reportedly yelled at Ivanka Trump on a JetBlue flight from New York to Palm Beach on December 22. He ended up getting kicked off the flight, which was delayed because of his behavior. His husband, Matthew Lasner, tweeted about the incident, but later deleted his messages and then his entire Twitter page.
JetBlue issued a statement, confirming that passengers were removed from the flight and given another flight to reach their destination. ABC News reports that the flight was delayed.
Here’s what we know so far about the incident and a look at Goldstein’s career.
1. Goldstein Yelled ‘Your Father Is Ruining This Country’ at Ivanka
Ivanka was traveling to Florida with her three children and husband Jared Kushner on a commercial flight and sat in coach with the other passengers. TMZ reports that Goldstein yelled at her, “Your father is ruining this country.”
Goldstein, who was carrying his son, then yelled, “Why is she on our flight. She should be flying private.”
JetBlue flight attendants overheard the incident and removed Goldstein, Lasner and their son from the flight. “You’re kicking me off for expressing my opinion?” Goldstein yelled, according to a passenger who spoke with TMZ.
As for Ivanka, she ignored Goldstein and kept her children busy with crayons.
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2. Lasner’s Husband Tweeted That Goldstein Chased Ivanka & Kushner After Spotting Them at the Airport
An hour before the flight was supposed to take off, Lasner tweeted that Goldstein was “chasing” Ivanka and Kushener “down to harass them,” adding “#banalityofevil.”
However, in his next tweet, Lasner changed his story. “My husband expressed displeasure in a calm tone, JetBlue staff overheard, and they kicked us off the plane,” Lasner wrote.
Lasner also posted a photo of Ivanka on the plane. “Ivanka just before @JetBlue kicked us off our flight when a flt attendant overheard my husband expressing displeasure about flying w/ Trump,” he wrote.
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3. JetBlue Confirmed That Goldstein & Lasner Were Kicked off the Flight
JetBlue planes at JFK in 2014. (Getty)
JetBlue has issued a statement, confirming that the Lasner and Goldstein were kicked off the flight and put on another plane.
The statement reads:
“The decision to remove a customer from a flight is not taken lightly. 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. Our team worked to re-accommodate the party on the next available flight.”
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4. Goldstein Is a Lawyer Who Worked for the U.S. Mint in San Francisco
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Goldstein is a lawyer who lives in Brooklyn with Lasner and their son. The State Bar of California attorney search shows that he was admitted to the State Bar of California in December 2002 and has been inactive since January 2012.
Before moving to Brooklyn, Goldstein was based in San Francisco, where he worked for the U.S. Mint as an Employee and Labor Relations Specialist, according to the International Ombudsman Association.
The Columbia College Today Winter 2012/13 issue mentions that Lasner and Goldstein married in Bolinas, California. Other members of the Columbia College 1996 class were at the wedding.
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5. Goldstein’s Husband, Matthew Lasner, Is a Published Professor at Hunter College
Matthew Lasner is a professor of urban studies and planning. (Hunter College)
According to his website, Lasner is an associate professor of urban studies and planning at Hunter College. He has written the book including High Life: Condo Living in the Suburban Century and edited Affordable Housing in New York: The People, Places, and Policies that Transformed a City with Nicholas Dagen Bloom. Lasner’s research focuses on “the history and theory of the U.S. built environment, with particular focus on housing and the relationship between ways of living and urban and suburban form,” according to his site.
Lasner earned a PhD from Harvard in 2007. At first, Lasner removed all tweets related to the Ivanka Trump incident form his Twitter page. However, he has since deleted his entire profile.
Lasner had made it clear that he was not a Donald Trump supporter, as the tweets below show.
Lasner mentions in Affordable Housing in New York that he is married to Goldstein and they have a son, Amos. Amos was with the couple when they were on the flight.
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Daniel S. Levine is entertainment and news contributor to Heavy, and former editor at TheCelebrityCafe.com. Graduate of Hofstra University, plus classic movie and Star Wars geek. Follow him on Twitter at @dsl89 and contact him at daniel.levine@heavy.com.December 22, 2016 1:15 pm
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