Virginia GOP Calls For Boycott Of Restaurant That Turned Away Sanders

[turbinetree]

Source: Talking Points Memo

By Nicole Lafond | June 25, 2018 2:26 pm

The Virginia state GOP has seized on news that White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked to leave a restaurant in Virginia on Friday night and has called for a boycott of the business, Red Hen.

In a tweet on Monday morning, the state Republican Party painted the incident as the “intolerant left” showing its “true colors.” It asked followers to sign a “boycott petition” to “show Red Hen that patriotic Trump supporters are the silent majority in Virginia!”

On the petition page, the group claimed that Sanders was thrown out “in the middle of dinner” because she works for President Donald Trump. However, Red Hen co-owner Stephanie Wilkinson told The Washington Post on Saturday that she pulled Sanders aside on the restaurant patio and asked her to leave after her chef and other staff members expressed discomfort in serving her.

In order to sign the boycott petition, the GOP asks for a participant’s address, email and phone number. The petition had received a little more than 50 signatures as of Monday afternoon.

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/virginia-gop-boycott-red-hen

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I guess they don't realize.......the GOPeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, that there are more democratic people in the area than them............

And THE RED HEN ..............is great place to eat, think I will make a reservation...................


https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g57896-d1115746-Reviews-The_Red_Hen-Lexington_Virginia.html

[Cattledog]

1. SHS, if you want to eat STOP LYING!

[turbinetree]

3. I wonder if the fascist know which state it is in............after all they did think

it was in Connecticut...................

[DFW]

36. A bunch of them found a restaurant in NJ with the same name and went after them with a vengeance

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210784908

[syringis]

50. Il y a mieux encore...

Un restaurant canadien de l'Ontario est aussi la cible des trumpistes...

Le plus amusant, c'est qu'il n'a pas tout à fait le même nom "The Olde Red Hen". Il est à 200 km au nord de Toronto...

Ce n'est pas nouveau, mais les trumpistes ont un sacré problème avec la géographie !

Parce que franchement... De La Virginie à Toronto...et ce n'est même pas le même nom !

[DFW]

54. J'ai entendu

Ils on fait, pareil-t-il la même chose avec resto en Irlande (!!!!). J'ai regardé. En effêt, il y a un resto à Limerick avec le même nom.

Les irlandais ont du penser que nous les américains sont tous des tarés!

[GoCubsGo]

62. They went after one in Ontario, Canada, as well.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210789306

[Phoenix61]

2. Because their boycotts work out so well

Vanity Fair and NY Times subscription rates soared after being targeted by Twitler.

[forgotmylogin]

33. More reservations available for Progressives and Democrats!

[Paladin]

4. I hope getting reservations isn't difficult for you.

The right-wingers have taken actions to jam up the restaurant's phones---I hear reports that there's a thread on discussionist.com devoted to just that sort of disruption.

[DFW]

37. I would hope that the mods (hint, hint) would deep six that thread ASAP n/t

[Snellius]

5. Some are even suggesting WH officials carry a gun. Trump tweets a threat.

T tweeted just now that Maxime should be careful what she wishes for. Claiming she wishes "harm".
And so it the downward spiral begins.

[agueybana79]

64. THey can bring it

We're tired of being the nice guys. Now we're swinging and they're concerned. Good. We'll keep swinging until they're out of office.

[4139]

6. Democratic area?

I hope you are right! I looked up 2016 and tRump won the 6th congressional district by /4.8%

[Va Lefty]

7. You're correct about the District. City of Lexington went for Hillary 61.8%-31.3%

[4139]

9. Cool!

[jmowreader]

11. Understandable. It's a college town.

There are two famous universities in Lexington: Washington and Lee University and Virginia Military Institute, whose campuses touch. Academia isn't exactly overrun with right-wingers.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Let's all buy gift cards from the Red Hen and they can give them to service

people, firefights, hospital staff, or the poor. Make sure they have plenty of business.

[catrose]

19. Great idea!

[Solly Mack]

12. Yes! A more enjoyable dining experience for everyone else!

[nwduke]

13. Actually

Actually, Americans that still respect democracy should boycott the GOP and their leader Kim Jong Trump! Get out and vote people! Vote these zealots out!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. GOP-Trumpublicons are so stupid they are attacking Red Hens in Ireland and Canada. . . . nt

[DeminPennswoods]

16. Honestly, could these folks find their

behind with both hands if given a one hand head start?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Their hands made the way for their head up their rectal canal. . . . nt

[syringis]

51. Hi Bernardo

I saw that, I laughed out loud !

Quels imbéciles !

[greymattermom]

56. That's because

the only restaurants they ever go to.... are chains, like Olive Garden and Cracker Barrel.

[Roy Rolling]

15. Uh...

I think that's her point. Take your Trump-loving money somewhere else. It's not profitable to put up with assholes.

[struggle4progress]

18. Clinton got Virginia's electoral votes because Trump supporters are the silent majority there!

And the fact that Trump is underwater there is further proof of his popularity!

[catrose]

20. Only 50? I feel much better

Roger Stone's GoFundMe legal expenses campaign has less $2500 from 67 donors. I'm amazed at that many and that much, because why would you give someone with $20 million anything at all? (Gosh, Michael Caputo's is way over goal.)

[irisblue]

49. I am amazed, there is a gofund me acct for him!

The gfm acct is run by his "grandson"
Roger Stone created a republican political lobbiest group in the 80s & is estimated to be worth 20 million+. A go fund me?
I laughed so loud, I startled the cat & she flounced off.

[LW1977]

21. Tweetie says this is making Twitler look like he's winning the argument!

Can’t stand Tweetie.

[kimbutgar]

22. I heard that also and screamed at the TV and changed the channel

Tweeties is a center right guy. No lefty. He’s always being critical of The Democratic Party and his anti twitler reponses are weak. He is wrong most of the time and he is the out of touch elitist.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

23. I BELIEVE that Supreme ct ruling of 6/4 established that people can be refused service based on

the business owners personal morality (eg baker refusing to bake wedding cakes for gay couples).

That's EXACTLY what happened here - customer refused on moral grounds (per interview with the owner).

Being a republican ahole isn't even a protected class so what are they complaining about? If you cause a disruption you can be evicted.

Why can the baker refuse on moral grounds, but not this restaurant owner, what am I missing?

[Jedi Guy]

28. That's not what SCOTUS ruled.

They ruled that the baker had been treated unfairly by the state commission that initially fielded the complaint from the would-be customers. The gist of it was that the commission showed hostility towards the baker's religious beliefs and didn't adjudicate the matter in a neutral manner.

As for "causing a disruption," can that be fairly said if a person enters a business and others react strongly? They "caused" the disruption by being there only in the sense that other people reacted. Those other people are, presumably, adults and responsible for their own actions. Saying that the objectionable person "caused" the ruckus smacks of "the devil made me do it."

This business of "I don't like your politics so you have to leave my establishment" is only going to fuel hostility. I won't say the business owner is in the wrong, only that I don't agree with it. The bit about "my employees were uncomfortable serving her" didn't impress me much. If an employee's discomfort always resulted in customers being asked to leave, commerce would grind to a halt in short order.

Now that that tactic has been used, it's fair game for conservatives to use it against us. We can hardly cheer it when it's used on SHS and then object if someone used it against Hillary or another Democratic luminary.

[DFW]

39. It already HAS been used

Not on Democratic celebrities, but on everyday normal people, as in the Colorado bakery. It was their idea. Republicans hardly have a leg to stand on when confronted with the tactic they so fervently advocate.

As for Hillary, I think she probably has the good sense to know about any establishment where she is planning to dine out before she shows up.

[FBaggins]

52. The restaurant owner absolutely CAN refuse service

On any grounds at all - as long as they aren't on grounds that would otherwise be legally protected (e.g., no women, no disabled, etc.)

That has been true long before the recent ruling.

Unfortunately, there are no points to be scored here... because nobody in the administration is saying that she should sue or that the establishment had violated some right to eat there. They're just saying that they don't like how she was treated and they would like people who agree to not do business with the restaurant. That, too, is entirely within the rules both before and after the recent ruling.

[Cryptoad]

24. What is their address,,I would like to

place an order which I can not pick up but Im sure they could donate the food to a hungry homeless person!

[FSogol]

25. LOL, the same GOP that nominated Corey "Nazi" Stewart to run against Sen Kaine?

[spooky3]

26. Yes. And do they really think it's a good idea to

attack a small VA business that did nothing illegal?

I guess desperation drives strange behavior.

[Grassy Knoll]

27. Intolerant Left?

About Time, I Will Wear That Badge Proudly.

[oberliner]

29. Where do you get the idea that there are more Democrats than Republicans in that area?

Seems like the opposite.

[DFW]

40. 2016 Election statistics?

Lexington City

100% Reporting
Tweet
D H. Clinton 61.8% 1,514
R D. Trump 31.3% 766
L G. Johnson 3.8% 92
I E. McMullin 2.3% 56
G J. Stein 0.8% 20

[oberliner]

46. That part of the state leans Republican

Check out the numbers for the county in which Lexington, VA is located.

Rockbridge County

R D. Trump 62.4% 6,671
D H. Clinton 32.8% 3,506
L G. Johnson 2.5% 271
I E. McMullin 1.6% 171
G J. Stein 0.6% 66

It looks like Lexington itself is a Democratic-leaning pocket within a Republican-leaning county.

[DFW]

48. Correct. And.........

The Red Hen restaurant is located in that pocket.

Dallas is a Democratic-leaning "pocket" within a Republican state, but if something like this happens in Dallas, then it's because of the political makeup of our little pocket, and it dosn't matter what they think of us in Waco or even in Plano.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

45. Put up the numbers then. nt

[oberliner]

47. The county leans Trump but the city itself went for HRC (see stats posted above)

It looks like Lexington itself is a Democratic-leaning pocket within a Republican-leaning county.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

59. So, if the restaurant is located there. What's your point? nt

[no_hypocrisy]

30. GOP cutting off their noses to spite their faces.

Red Hen was the "in place" to each from D.C. to Danville.

[Marie Marie]

31. Wish I loved closer...

how nice to dine out without having Trump supporters to ruin my meal if I would happen to overhear them talking about makin' Merika great again.

[DFW]

41. They didn't even say they would refuse Trump supporters

They just didn't want a member of the Trump administration who has approved the use of "moral" religious malarkey to discriminate against the very kind of people who worked in the restaurant. I would expect the same reaction from a "Christian" place in the midwest or the south if a bunch of Hell's Angels showed up with jackets all saying "Satan" in fiery red letters. To some LGBT people, the very face of SHS evokes the same reaction.

[ProfessorGAC]

61. That's A Piece Many Are Missing

She never said nobody who voted for PINO is welcome. She said that she was morally offended by the lying and treatment of others by MEMBERS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION.

That's a long way from saying "no 'Rs' allowed".

[Marie Marie]

65. No, I am assuming that all the Trump supporters will be boycotting this restaurant,

which would make a fine place to dine by me. I wasn't suggesting that the restaurant would be excluding people.

[Tarc]

32. No buffet line, no Pabst, no "if you can eat this 10lb steak, you get a free t-shirt" contest

The Red Hen is not the kind of place that the GOP base would actually eat at anyways.

[truthisfreedom]

34. Excellent! The self-filtering of the deplorables!

Makes things so much more pleasant and easy.

[Zorro]

35. Don't restaurants reserve the right to refuse service to anyone?

[vercetti2021]

38. And how many times has a GOP boycott worked?

Oh...zero times. They still don't realize they are a minority and they don't matter.

Luckily my step father does visit Virginia quite often to visit his folks and he is making a point to go there his next visit.

This will help the business anyway, more of us will support it.

The right has nothing but a computer, no life, and a book of 3rd grade level insults. Let em wear their tired little brains out. They'll forget because that's how a short term memory works.

[DFW]

42. If "get a life" could be enforced in a court of law

We'd need a LOT more prisons.

[vercetti2021]

43. Punishment

Banned from using electronics for life. Remember these people are also self described incels. Mean getting a life would be difficult to begin with.

Serious note. A lot of these users do not have a life outside of sitting around waiting for stuff like this. They gotta get off on something and I guess this is it. It doesn't hurt the restaurant at all. Plus a lot of them are getting the wrong restaurant all together because either one Red Hen exists apparently and they never passed geography 101.

[FBaggins]

55. I'm sure that it has worked in the past in some places... but it can't work here

The establishment is tiny. They simply don't need many customers in order to fill it. Just the extra word-of-mouth in blue circles would likely exceed any loses.

[Maxheader]

44. Take the hint righty...

Your kind is welcome to mix with decent people...stay at home.

[raging moderate]

53. Great news: Finally, a GOP-free restaurant!

The Red Hen will be the place to go so you won't have to listen to racist, elitist rhetoric that makes you choke on your food!

[BlueIdaho]

57. EXACTLY! nt.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

58. They're just getting warmed up.

From Dinesh D'Souza's Twitter account (I know; I know):

So @GovMikeHuckabee tells me the Red Hen owner led a mob to heckle family after they left restaurant. #ToddStarnesShow

Link to tweet

{drop down a few}

Here’s a good reason the owner hates @realDonaldTrump

Link to tweet

[Gothmog]

60. Three Week Waiting list

Link to tweet

[agueybana79]

63. They won't need Republican dollars. Enough Democrats and sane people in the USA to fund them!

We'll keep them in business indefinitely. There are at 50,000,000 voting Democrats, and lord knows how many millions more who agree with what the Red Hen did.

That's enough people to keep them in business. They don't need ONE...STINKING...CENT from a Republican.

If I'm ever in Lexington, I will stop at the Red Hen.