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Pro-Trump tow truck driver refuses to tow disabled motorist over Sanders bumper sticker
local21news.com ^ | 5/5/2016 | ASHLEA SURLES

Posted on 05/05/2016 1:27:20 PM PDT by rktman

A pro-Donald Trump tow truck driver refused to a help a disabled customer stranded on Interstate 26 in Asheville, North Carolina on Monday because she supports Bernie Sanders.

"Something came over me, I think the Lord came to me, and he just said, 'Get in the truck and leave,'" said Ken Shupe of Shupee Max Towing in Traveler's Rest, South Carolina. "And when I got in my truck, you know, I was so proud, because I felt like I finally drew a line in the sand and stood up for what I believed."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ooooppppssss; sanders
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To: HiTech RedNeck

A few weeks before the Maryland primary I was in Washington for the weekend and as I came out of the Metro a group of Bernie supporters were there with their posters etc...

As is always my practice I engaged them in conversation and walked down the sidewalk with them towards my hotel...

They were cordial and we had amiable conversations about my candidate, Trump and our matched enemy, Hillary...

If anything Bernie supporters appear to hate her more strongly...

They know Bernie has little chance of winning the nomination but they refuse to support Hillary even assuring me that several that they knew of might turn to Trump in November should Hillary end up as the Democrat champion...

Trump seems to be preferable to these Democrats..

Amongst the Bernie supporters were students, and older people both professional and working class...

I don’t think they would have refused me aid if I needed it and I on my part would not have refused them if they were stranded and in need of help...

As I said earlier..that tow truck guy wasn’t asked to bake a SSM cake...

He was merely asked to do what he had chosen to set up in business to do...pull broken down cars...

What if that lady was your daughter and she had Cruz stickers all over her car ???

Would you really be so happy that an Obama supporter had refused to rescue her from a strange lonely road ???

You from the Church of We Don’t Know Jesus ???


141 posted on 05/05/2016 4:22:26 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Mollypitcher1

See my #140 comment.


142 posted on 05/05/2016 4:23:10 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: Blue Jays

My poor widdle vehicle can’t defend itself when I’m not around.


143 posted on 05/05/2016 5:16:59 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Off the NWO)
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To: TheThirdRuffian
I’d tow Bernie supporters because to not do so would be to put people in danger

Well, you could push them waaaaaaay off the road...and leave.

144 posted on 05/05/2016 5:27:52 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: rktman

Good for him. You gotta do you, and he wasn’t wanting to help socialists, who will help themselves anyway, regardless. Both the bumper sticker and the tow driver’s actions are protected free speech, or should be. Motorist said gibmedat, tow driver said peace. Helping morons on the path of life can be good but only within limits, you’ve got to draw a line in the sanders.


145 posted on 05/05/2016 5:32:48 PM PDT by Dirt for sale
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To: rktman

Asheville is infested with Bernie supporters.


146 posted on 05/05/2016 5:38:07 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Dr. Ursus

I have been towed and I had to come up with the money upfront!


147 posted on 05/05/2016 7:05:01 PM PDT by Lopeover (2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: rockvillem
So this story has now morphed into a “pro Trump” tow truck driver and a “disabled” motorist. Gives an idea of just how hardcore the media is working to attempt to control the narrative. Previous article I’d seen about this situation simply said the small-business tow truck driver declined to tow a car with a Sanders sticker. Now the driver has become “disabled” and the tow truck driver has become “pro Trump”. This tow truck guy is going to be extremely sorry he involved himself with this incident to the degree that he did. As soon as he saw the commie sticker, he should've zipped his lip and bailed the scene. Speaking to the media wasn't an especially bright move, an unforced error. If you know by previous experience Bernie's fellow communists won't pay their bills and are likely to file lawsuits, why not just get away as fast as possible. And for God's sakes, talk to the media? Not bright.
148 posted on 05/05/2016 7:08:05 PM PDT by BloodScarletMinnesota
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

voting for someone who wants to take all that away cancels out everything you said.

in case you missed it, he’s a communist. Went to Russia and Cuba for fun, in case you missed the memo.

ciao


149 posted on 05/05/2016 7:11:19 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Tennessee Nana

I think a better response from the tow truck driver would have been to give them a tow, then use the ride to give them a nice long speech about the virtues of his candidate and the shortcomings of Mr. Sanders. Then, if the Sanders voter shot back at him, he could just say ‘Well, thanks but you can’t pay me enough to listen to that’ and leave the car back on the side of the road :P


150 posted on 05/05/2016 7:19:16 PM PDT by Sasha_S (Where progressives rule, ignorance reigns.)
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To: dp0622
I'm voting for him for strategic reasons not because I think he's a great candidate.

Hillary is abominable. I will do what little I can to keep her out of office.

151 posted on 05/05/2016 8:48:08 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Those “diversity programs” are USUALLY not to shove anything down your throat; they are designed to protect companies from lawsuits from “preferred minorities” (since they can point out that they held mandatory indoctrination sessions, though nothing comes of them). The one exception I recall is one of the financial firms pressing employees to put little rainbow flags on their desks, IIRC; that is open war on Christianity (and Jews, Muslims, etc.).


152 posted on 05/05/2016 9:31:57 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Tennessee Nana

I hope Trump trounces Hillary and will do my part to help make it happen, but I have no illusions about Trump; he can attract many crossover voters who dislike and/or distrust Hillary because he is non-threatening to many traditional Dem supporters (on racial/ethnic issues in particular, apparently).


153 posted on 05/05/2016 9:34:37 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: BigEdLB
This was stupid and gives ammo to the other side. We cant go down to the level that they do with us. We are better than they are.

I have been told to leave a store because I was wearing clothes that said Jesus and a Christian message.

154 posted on 05/06/2016 3:53:56 AM PDT by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned and destitute sinner+ trust Him to save you, then follow Him!)
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To: CityCenter; redleghunter; Springfield Reformer; kinsman redeemer; BlueDragon; metmom; boatbums; ...
Wave goodbye to the Golden Rule!

Actually the Golden Rule requires a sound foundation moral standard by which you rightly decide what you would want done to you. Without which many immoral things may be justified. A suicidal person would kill another based upon a wrong idea of what he would have done to himself.

But here, the tow truck driver could reason that if he was going to make a wrong decision, then he would want someone to not enable him but correct him, even to not helping him out of a temporary situation so he could think. Of course, helping your enemy in such a situation of merely enabling him to drive home is a Christian response. But what if you knew the person was on his way to get an abortion?

155 posted on 05/06/2016 4:08:38 AM PDT by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned and destitute sinner+ trust Him to save you, then follow Him!)
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To: bigbob
All he needed was to a “Towing Price List” with two columns, one “Trump Supporters” and one “Other”

That would be Red-Lining.


Maybe not...


156 posted on 05/06/2016 4:26:30 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: rktman

He'll probably end up getting sued.

Definitely!

157 posted on 05/06/2016 4:27:23 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: PJBankard

Next thing ya know; cabbies will be refusing to go to certain locations at night!


158 posted on 05/06/2016 4:28:02 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
Even Jesus reached out to help sinners.

Or did they reach out to Him first?

159 posted on 05/06/2016 4:29:06 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Brookhaven
My guess is there is more to the story.

Isn't there always?!

160 posted on 05/06/2016 4:30:12 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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