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A woman, apparently from Portland, was kicked off an Alaska Airlines flight in Baltimore Saturday night after insulting a Donald Trump supporter.

The insulted passenger, Scott Kotesky, caught much of the interaction on video and posted some of it to Facebook. The post, as things do in this day and age, has since gone viral and the associated video has nearly 4 million views.

According to Kotesky's post, the woman, who was not identified, asked him whether he was in the Washington D.C. area to "cheer or protest?"

"I came here to celebrate democracy ma'am," Kotesky recalled saying.

At that point, he said, the woman began berating him. From his post, which he says was a rough paraphrase of the conversation:

Her: "You put a crazed man in charge of the nuclear codes! You should be ashamed!"

Me: 'Well we're all entitled to our opinions here ma'am."

Her: "And I'm entitled to get drunk and puke in your lap! I'm going to throw up right in your lap! You make me sick! Don't talk to me! Don't look at me! Don't you dare even put your arm on that rest. You disgust me! You should be ashamed of yourself! You put a maniac's finger on the button" (assuming she's means nukes). You are a bigot. You should get off this plane!"

Me: "ma'am, by definition, bigotry is disparaging someone prior to knowing them simply by their beliefs and opinions. Thank you for being the very thing you preach against."

Kotesky said she continued to insult him and eventually a flight attendant came over to see what the fuss was about and that's when he began shooting video with his phone.

Posted by Scott Koteskey on Saturday, January 21, 2017

As a supervisor informs the woman that she will have to leave the aircraft, she can be heard resisting, saying "I'm flying home to Portland to sleep in my own bed tonight."

Alaska confirmed that the woman was removed from the flight and the airline stood by their decision to do so.

"We can confirm that a disruptive passenger was removed from flight 761 from Baltimore to Seattle prior to departure. The female passenger was insulting passengers in the boarding area and then onboard the aircraft. Several passengers expressed concerns about her behavior," the airline said in a statement. "We stand by our employees' decision to remove the disruptive passenger."

(Alaska was unable to confirm the woman's final destination due to passenger privacy rules.)

In another video Kotesky posted, the woman and her husband are seen leaving the plane as some of the other passengers applaud and a brief chant of "USA! USA!" breaks out.

Here's the video (sorry for the low quality) of the lady being ejected off the plane. Pretty inaudible, but you can see her sneers and make snide remarks as she's escorted by police. Posted by Scott Koteskey on Saturday, January 21, 2017

Since the post went up, Kotesky's story has been picked up by several right-wing websites and Kotesky himself was a guest on a conservative radio show.

Of course, the above is only Kotesky's side of the story and we'd love to hear from the woman in the video. If you know her, or if you are her, feel free to reach out by emailing trending@oregonian.com.

-- Kale Williams

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