"After being delayed on the Senate floor ensuring a
vote on my anti-pay raise amendment and in a rush to make my flight
home for town hall meetings the next day, I accidentally went
through the wrong door at the gate. I did have a conversation with
an airline employee, but it was certainly not like this silly
gossip column made it out to be."
Source: Louisiana Senator David Vitter, in a
message acknowledging an incident that allegedly took place at
Washington DC’s Dulles International Airport (IAD) last week.
According to Roll Call, an unnamed witness reports Vitter arrived
at a United Airlines gate about 20 minutes before departure time.
Finding the door to the jetway already closed, Vitter opened it,
setting off a security alarm. An ai