The owner has doubled down.
She of course has the right to do what she did. But in the end, it may prove unwise.
There is boiling rage in our nation and it’s often small moments that we look back on as turning points. Between this and John Brennan’s Twitter statement we’re at a scary point.
So she let the staff vote on it as well. Good - that makes me a lot less sorry about collateral damage when that place goes under.
Brennan is not a very sympathetic figure. If he goes down, I don' think many people will rally in his support.
Thanks for posting. Here is an excerpt from your link. The owner supposedly allowed the employees to decide what to do about the situation. Incredible.
“Wilkinson explained that she’d been home when she got a call from her staff that Huckabee Sanders was dining at the restaurant, which at first had gone under the radar because she’d booked the reservation using her husband’s name. Wilkinson raced to the restaurant to deal with the issue.
Once at the restaurant, Wilkinson polled her employees about a solution, due to the fact that many were gay and most were uncomfortable with the way Sanders had been defending Donald Trump’s inhuman border separation policy. Wilkinson said to her employees:
Tell me what you want me to do. I can ask her to leave.”
The staff voted yes. Wilkinson then asked the press secretary to step outside “for a word.” Wilkinson explained:
I was babbling a little, but I got my point across in a polite and direct fashion. I explained that the restaurant has certain standards that I feel it has to uphold, such as honesty, and compassion, and cooperation.”
After her explanation, Wilkinson politely said, “I’d like to ask you to leave.”
Well, it looks like this is the type of business that should be run out of business. I don’t care who you are, unless the customer is is causing a sceen, you CAN NOT force a customer to leave.
This owner is proud of what she did. The article says Sarah tried to trash the restaurant and called it discrimination, neither of which is true. Sarah just tweeted what happened.
Ya reckon y'all could hang on till after my knee heals up from surgery?
I'd hate to miss this. d;^)
“While Huckabee Sanders cooperated, gathered her belongings and left the restaurant, she made an attempt to ruin the restaurant’s reputation on Twitter later. Despite the backlash the restaurant is getting, Wilkinson stands by her decision.”
This restaurant owner is insane. How in the world did Sarah Sanders make an attempt to ruin their reputation? Kicking someone out of a restaurant like a jackboot Brownshirt Gestapo is ruining it all on it’s own.
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