Alaska State Senator Reinbold posted on Facebook that Alaska Airlines was preventing her from getting to the capital.
Reinbold claimed that Alaska Airlines' ban on Reinbold from flying is a "political banning."
Reinbold may need to travel from Eagle River to Juneau to get around the ban.
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The Anchorage Daily News reported that Republican state Senator Lora Reinbold, a Republican state senator, submitted a procedural request to be exempted from voting for the rest of the state legislature's regular session. She was banned by Alaska Airlines because she refused to wear a mask and was therefore barred from flying to Juneau.
According to the Anchorage Daily News, the excusal will be in effect from September 11 through January 15. This is three days before the next regular session of the legislature begins.
Reinboldt stated in a September 9 Facebook post that "if the only airline offering flights to Juneau during session can unconstitutionally hinder a legislator's access to the capital in safe and timely fashion it could undermine our representative republic."
Responding to a constituent's comment that she should have worn masks, she said, "I wore masks in TSA, waiting area and on the plane." I was banned by an activist. I was never given a warning or a yellow card. It's a political ban!"
After a April video of Reinbold fighting with staff at Juneau International Airport over rules regarding masks, the ban was placed.
It takes approximately 90 minutes to make a round trip on Alaska Airlines from Juneau, Alaska, to Eagle River, Reinbold's hometown. Her commute to Juneau will now take her up to two days, as Juneau is the only US capital that can be reached by boat or plane only.
According to the Anchorage Daily News, Delta Airlines is the only large carrier that has a flight to Juneau. Its seasonal service to the capital stops in September.
