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Sage Steele Gets Roasted For Complaining About Airport Protests

"So THIS is why thousands of us dragged luggage nearly 2 miles to get to LAX."

WestNet News wire January 30, 2017 Source: HuffPost

Sage Steele Gets Roasted For Complaining About Airport Protests

Social media users blasted ESPN commentator Sage Steele for being a bad sport after she complained that Sunday’s LAX protest against Donald Trump’s travel ban inconvenienced her.

Steele was attempting to catch a flight from Los Angeles to Houston, the site of the Super Bowl. She wrote that the demonstration made her and other passengers miss the flight, and said she was sad because protesters wore joyful expressions knowing that they had interrupted everyone’s plans.

So THIS is why thousands of us dragged luggage nearly 2 miles to get to LAX, but still missed our flights. Fortunately, a 7 hour wait for the next flight to Houston won't affect me that much, but my heart sank for the elderly and parents with small children who did their best to walk all that way but had no chance of making their flights. I love witnessing people exercise their right to protest! But it saddened me to see the joy on their faces knowing that they were successful in disrupting so many people's travel plans. Yes, immigrants were affected by this as well. Brilliant. 🇺🇸

A photo posted by Sage Steele (@sagesteele) on Jan 29, 2017 at 11:12pm PST

While she attempted to temper her remarks by emphasizing peoples’ right to protest, Twitter users continued to criticize Steele on Monday.

"Sage Steele"
I guess that WWII 1942 bataan death march doesn't compare to Sage Steele march through the airport. pic.twitter.com/67BHO6tJtc
— UrbanTakeOne (@UrbanTake1) January 30, 2017

Sage Steele would have told Dr. Martin Luther King that she wasnt able to catch a cab because his March in Selma disrupted cab service
— RespectMyGame (@battletested5) January 30, 2017

"Ma'am we don't have time for this, some of us are trying to get home" - sage steele to Rosa parks
— Desus Nice (@desusnice) January 30, 2017

Someone needs to start a petition to have Sage Steele fired, she's average at her job and so out of touch with reality
— 🤐 (@ix_Robb) January 30, 2017

Sage Steele had plenty of time to rethink her self-centeredness while drafting that long, unnecessary caption.
— Q. (@TinaLaBang) January 30, 2017

Protesters should go to LAX to protest against the original protestors, can't have @sagesteele missing her flights #SageSteele #OutOfTouch
— Ed Diaz (@Diaz_OER) January 30, 2017

Sage Steele = Stacey Dash
— Matthew Kick (@MatthewKick) January 30, 2017

At one point, Steele did appear to address at least one negative tweet, but that didn’t stop the backlash.

All good! But just bc someone has a different opinion, doesn't mean they're "the worst". Unless, of course, only YOUR opinion is allowed🤔 https://t.co/iiZXuD4Ne2
— Sage Steele (@sagesteele) January 30, 2017

The Huffington Post has reached out to Steele for a comment.

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