Conservative commentator Ann Coulter lashed out at United Airlines on Tuesday after the airline did away with discounts and perks for National Rifle Association (NRA) members, saying that the company should have been sued over the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
“Two of the 4 planes easily hijacked on 9/11 were @united planes. United should have been sued out of oblivion. But now they’re going to virtue signal on the NRA,” Coulter tweeted.
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United, Delta and a number of other companies have severed business ties with the NRA and cut discounts and other perks for the group’s members.
Companies have faced increased pressure to do so since a deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla., reignited the national debate over gun control and the NRA’s influence in politics.
That shooting in Parkland, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, left 17 people dead and 14 others inured. The accused gunman, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.
The shooting sparked the #BoycottNRA hashtag on social media which put pressure on companies to end their relationships with the gun rights group.