Posted on 06/24/2018 11:57:51 AM PDT by conservative98
Michael Friedman never imagined that naming his restaurant The Red Hen would be so controversial.
But when the co-owner of another restaurant named The Red Hen – this one almost 200 miles away in Lexington, Va. – refused to serve White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders on Friday night, it was open season on any eatery with Hen in its name.
“It was a bit of an interesting day yesterday,” Friedman told Fox News. “There were so many negative comments floating in on social media and people calling up my restaurants to threaten us.”
The foul play began when Sanders tweeted that she was told by the owner of the Red Hen in Lexington, Va., that she had to "leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left." She said the episode Friday evening said far more about the owner of the restaurant than it did about her.
"I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully and will continue to do so," Sanders said in the tweet from her official account, which generated 22,000 replies in about an hour.
While Friedman tried to quickly quell any bird-brained backlash mistakenly directed at his Italian-influenced restaurant by posting on its social media accounts that his eatery had no affiliation to the one in Lexington, it did little to stop the flood of angry comments and calls. One person called up one of Friedman’s other restaurants and threatened to blow it up, while another just repeated the word “shame” over and over again.
“This is a huge misconception,” Friedman said. “We are not affiliated with the restaurant in Lexington; this is not a franchise. We serve whoever walks through out door, no matter their race, creed, sexual orientation, political party or whatever.”
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How very democratic of you. Deflecting.
I’m caught by the spelling police.
Oh no!
It’s simple. If I see violence, I intervene with violence. Have done it with good effect numerous times, although to be fair the violence was not politically motivated but rather just common thuggery.
If I see stupid without violence, I respond with reason and posts on various social media forums including FR unless someone beats me to the punch (and many Freepers usually do), in which case I just comment.
Troll.
Oh yeah, I also aussidiously practice “put your money where your mouth is.” For example, Dick’s Sporting Goods used to be one of my favorite stores for sporting equipment. They will never see another dime from me. Ditto Disney, ESPN, and many others.
You didn’t spell the wrong word, you used the wrong word. You get the difference, right?
Good. It means the normal people are fed up with the crap from the left. We elected Trump because of all this chicken $hit. We want no more of the overpowering fascism from the left.
Fight back.
"I ate at the Red Hen."
Of course not, Sarah Sanders is white. If she were black, this never would have happened. So with that said, and given the decaying state of our nation, it's time we alter strategy and stop being so compliant. There's a lot at risk.
Shouldn’t those things be rebranded as Feckless C#%] hats?
True enough...
Then what are you doing here?
Thank you for saying that! I was dumbfounded for what he said or how he said it..
Trying to keep the knee-jerk “SQUIRREL” moments at a minimum.
Perfect depiction of their real intent.
yea how about that hat? Great come back..
The guy on the right, I suppose he’s her husband, looks to fit his hat perfectly.
i agree, only a man without testicular fortitude would be caught dead in a p*ssy hat.
Better yet
Just keep poltics out of dining altogether
That’s my rule in my house period
In terms of the Red Hen
Action. Meet reaction
https://youtu.be/sS443rhSNp4
Bob Marley said It best
For every little action. Yeah yeah yeah
There’s a reaction. Yeah yeah yeah
Not only do I agree but believe the Haters will burn the place down and but try and blame it on Trumpsters. Or shoot up the political offices. These are routine stunts pulled in Chicago around just about election time. Of course, it is generally one Rat against another.
Watch for this.
This is not police action stuff
Well, not if they are out of chicken nuggets.
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