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Ann Coulter has suggested she was targeted and forced to move seats on a Delta Airlines flight for political reasons.

The right-wing commentator sent a series of tweets to the airlines on Monday after being moved from an aisle seat with extra legroom to a window seat, claiming she was not offered an explanation for what happened.

And on Tuesday, the conservative shared a text conversation she claims to have had with a Delta employee, in which it appears Coulter is told someone noticed her and just wanted to be a jerk and make her life miserable.

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BEWARE OF @DELTA REPUBLICANS. Texts from a flight attendant: It was political. @Delta still won't give a reason, she wrote, sharing the messages she said she screen-grabbed.

In a flurry of tweets following the July 16 incident in which Coulter was moved, she claimed the airlines Twitter feed was run by social justice warriors and suggested the cabin crew acted like prison guards, also griping about being offered a $30 refund for her ticket.

$30! It cost me $10,000 of my time to pre-select the seat I wanted, investigate type of plane & go back periodically to review seat options, she wrote on social media.

But Coulters suggestion that Republicans in particular should be wary of using the airline is somewhat surprising, given Delta CEO Edward Bastian has previously donated money to the GOP.

According to Campaign Money, in 2016, Bastian donated money to the Republican Party of Georgia, the Delta Political Action Committee and several GOP candidates campaigns, although he also supported several Democrat candidates.

In addition, the company PACs donations were split 60/40 in favor of the GOP during the 2016 election cycle and 66/34 in favor of the GOP during 2012, according to data from Open Secrets.

Coulters argument with Delta appears to have split opinion, with some on social media backing the commentator and stating no one should be moved out of their assigned seat, while others questioned the validity of a screen shot as proof she had been targeted by the airline.

Delta Airlines and Ann Coulter did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Chris Evans Trolls Ann Coulter Over Delta Flight Claim

Ann Coulters claim about her experience with Delta just isnt flying with Chris Evans.

Captain America star Evans took time out of his Monday to razz conservative commentator Coulter, after she claimed she had spent $10,000 worth of her time choosing the seat she was eventually moved from.

It cost me $10,000 of my time to pre-select the seat I wanted, investigate type of plane & go back periodically to review seat options, Coulter wrote on Sunday.

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It took Evans a little while to hit Coulter with a zinger, but when he did, it was well-landed.

I totally get it. It costs me 75k to brush my teeth, Evans shot back. I must pre-select a brush, investigate types of paste, and periodically spit bulls.

Coulter went ballistic on social media over the weekend after she was moved from the aisle seat on a flight from New York to Palm Beach, Florida, to a window seat in the same exit row.

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The commentator and best-selling author had tweeted a photo of the passenger who was seated in her pre-booked seat for an unexplained emergency and ripped the passenger in another tweet as the dachshund-legged woman.

Hey @Delta, Coulter also tweeted on Saturday. You mind telling me why it was an emergency to move someone else into the seat I had carefully chosen in advance and booked?

So glad I took time investigate the aircraft & PRE-BOOK a specific seat on @Delta, so some woman could waltz at the last min & take my seat, she added.

Also Read: Ann Coulter Tweets Photo of Delta Passenger Who Got Seat She Wanted, Reactions Fly

Coulters Twitter tirade prompted Delta to take the commentator to task on Sunday, saying that her insults about our other customers and employees are unacceptable and unnecessary.

$30! It cost me $10,000 of my time to pre-select the seat I wanted, investigate type of plane & go back periodically to review seat options https://t.co/eaj1QOpvHq

Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 17, 2017

I totally get it. It costs me 75k to brush my teeth. I must pre-select a brush, investigate types of paste, and periodically spit bullshit

Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) July 17, 2017

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Political commentator and author Ann Coulter attends The Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe at Sony Studios on August 27, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.

*After Ann Coulter fired off three dozen angry tweets over the weekend trashingDelta Airlines for giving another passenger a preferred extra-room seat she had booked in advance, The Daily Shows Trevor Noah called her the Airplane Rosa Parks in a segment dragging the right winger all the way back to Jimmie J.J. Walker.

Below, a small sampling of Coulters tweets:

Wow, people, this is the civil rights struggle of our generation, Noah said on The Daily Show after the tweets went viral.

How long will white women be asked to move to the back of the well, not the back, but just like slightly over two seats? Ann Coulter is basically Airplane Rosa Parks, the host added.

Noah then threw to correspondent Roy Wood Jr., reporting from the United Nations headquarters in New York City. He appeared to side with Coulter in a semi-mocking manner.

Ann picked her seat in advance, it was an agreement binding by the Geneva Conventions and all that is holy, Wood said.

Look, me and Ann are as different as night and day, or black and white, as one might say. But in this situation, I stand with my fellow frequent flier, I stand with Ann! All legroom matters, Trevor!

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Delta responded to Coulters tweets on Sunday night and said it would refund her the $30 fee for the extra-room seat. The airline did not offer an explanation about why the seat needed to be forfeited, however.

The airline added in a subsequent tweet that Coulters insults about our other customers and employees are unacceptable and unnecessary.

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A senior German MEP has sided with Theresa May in the Brexit talks, by accusing the EU negotiators of attempting to punish Britain.

Hans-Olaf Henkel accused Michel Barnier, the chief negotiator, of planning to impose a bad exit agreement on Britain as a warning to other countries tempted to leave the EU.

Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament's Brexit negotiator, was also guilty of wanting to make a mess out of this whole unhappy situation.

I have the impression, by their public statements, that indeed they would like to set an example, said Mr Henkel, the deputy head of the European Parliament's industry, research and energy committee.

They want to punish Britain and make sure that non-one else is leaving the European Union.

By the very fact that they say that a country which leaves the European Union should not have the same deal as a country which is in the European Union you can demonstrate what they mean.

Mr Henkel, the president of the Federation of German Industries and a former chief executive of IBM, urged other MEPs who enjoy a potential veto of any Brexit deal not to listen to their own negotiators.

His outburst will strengthen the hand of the Prime Minister who has repeatedly accused the EU of seeking to punish Britain and even of a plot to stop Brexit.

The criticism came as the second round of the talks appeared to have run into trouble within 24 hours of resuming in Brussels, over the vexed issue of the so-called divorce bill

EU diplomats have hit out at Britains failure to agree it must pay a hefty financial settlement for Brexit, suggesting the controversy will stall the talks.

Eyebrows were raised after David Davis, the Brexit Secretary, left the talks after just one hour on Monday, leaving the negotiations to his officials.

The agenda for the four-day talks includes the rights of EU citizens in the UK and British ex-pats in the EU and the Northern Ireland border, as well as the exit bill.

Last week, Mr Barnier urged the British side to present detailed proposals on all three priorities before the talks resumed, but there is no evidence that this happened.

Instead, the UK is expected wait to several weeks before formally setting out its position on the bill, using this week's talk to interrogate and challenge the EU's stance.

Mr Henkel is a member of a Eurosceptic grouping in the Parliament and his views on the EUs approach to the talks are not thought to be shared by most European politicians.

Nevertheless, the German MEP called Brexit disastrous, pointing to the controversy over Britains withdrawal from the Euratom nuclear regulator.

He said the UK received funding for worlds largest nuclear fusion experiment, at the Cullen Centre in Oxfordshire, which is of fundamental importance for the world.

I see that the whole project may collapse if this funding doesnt work anymore, Mr Henkel warned.

Both the EU negotiators and the Prime Minister were wrong to believe EU withdrawal meant pulling out of Euratom as well, he insisted.

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The Communication contributes to the creation of a European Union that protects, as promised by President Juncker in the 2016 State of the Union speech. It builds on initiatives in the area of defence, such as the European Defence Fund and the unprecedented level of cooperation between the EU-NATO that has developed over the past year.

Significant progress has been made on each of the 22 actions to combat hybrid threats identified last year. The EU has improved its awareness and the information exchange between Member States on these growing security threats, which often combine conventional and unconventional methods, ranging from terrorism and cyber-attacks to disinformation campaigns or media manipulation. The EU has also made headway in protecting critical infrastructure in areas such as transport, energy, cybersecurity, and the financial system, as well as in counter violent extremism and radicalisation. But more remains to be done, as the nature of hybrid threats continues to evolve.

The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini said:"Hybrid threats are a major security concern for the European Union, its Member States and our partners. We are working to improve the awareness of the threats through the EU Hybrid Fusion Cell, to monitor and counter illegal online content and propaganda withour Strategic Communication task forces, to enhance the capacities of third countries and to step up our cooperation with NATO. This is at the core of our Global Strategy adopted last year. The safeguard of our society is a priority for the EU."

Vice-President for Jobs, Growth and Competitiveness Jyrki Katainen added: "Following our proposal for a European Defence Fund and the reflection paper on the Future of European Defence, we are taking further steps towards a Security and Defence Union. Increased co-operation to address hybrid threats will make us more resilient. The EU adds value by assisting Member States and partners, relying on a wide range of existing instruments and programmes. Our approach brings together the key actors while fully respecting their different roles and responsibilities."

Elbieta Biekowska, Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, added: "Cooperation in security and defence is not an option it's a must. Europe faces more hybrid, unconventional security challenges than ever. That is why, as the report shows, we are responding an unprecedented level of cooperation between the EU, Member States and NATO to improve resilience, address strategic vulnerabilities and prepare coordinated responses."

As part of the EU's integrated approach to security and defence, the Joint Framework set out a number of actions to prevent, tackle and mitigate the growing challenge of hybrid threats. Work has been taken forward and progress has been made in all areas:

The European Union will continue to use all tools and instruments to address and react to potential hybrid threats, acting as a stronger and more responsive security provider, complementing actions by Member States and partners.

Background

The EU and its neighbourhood are confronted today with the rise of security threats aiming at destabilising our region as a whole. No country can face these challenges alone.

The Juncker Commission made security a top priority from day one. The Commission's 2015 European Agenda on Security specifically recognised the need to counter hybrid threats.

The Commission and the High Representative adopted a Joint Framework on countering hybrid threats in April 2016. 22 concrete actions were put forward. The report published today is looking at their specific implementation.

The EU Global Strategy for Foreign and Security Policy also makes countering hybrid threats a priority, highlighting the need for an integrated approach to link internal resilience with the EU's external actions.

Following the adoption in November 2016 of the European Defence Action Plan, the Commission put forward a series of initiatives which will contribute to strengthening the EU's capacity to respond to hybrid threats. This includes the European Defence Fund, launched on 7 June 2017, with proposed funding of about 600 million until 2020 and 1.5 billion annually thereafter.

The Commission's reflection paper on the future of European Defence presented in June 2017 outlines different scenarios on how to address the growing security and defence threats facing Europe and enhance Europe's own abilities in defence by 2025.

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Joint Report on the implementation of the Joint Framework on countering hybrid threats a European Union response

Joint Framework on countering hybrid threats a European Union response

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