An aide to Mayor Zohran Mamdani is being slammed by online critics as a champagne socialist after resurfaced social media posts show him whining about being denied airport lounge access and fancy airline perks.
Mathis E. Roy Vigne, an advance man to the Big Apple democratic socialist, raged in a flurry of years-old X posts over business-class seats, lounge snubs, packed planes, and being forced to rub elbows with ordinary travelers, according to his unhinged rants uncovered by the Washington Free Beacon.
In a December 2019 post, Vigne went ballistic on American Airlines after they allegedly blocked him from its Flagship Lounge at Chicago O’Hare International Airport in Chicago and booted him to the Admirals Club, a ritzy airport hideaway that offers free drinks, snacks and Wi-Fi.
“After reviewing your webpage and remembering they told me that I did qualify for access to the Flagship lounge, I stay frustrated and still feel disrespected by your staff for, again, no reason,” he fumed, griping about the swanky add-ons included with his transatlantic business-class seat…