Posted on 07/06/2018 7:28:35 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
The Virginia restaurant that made national headlines after its owner asked White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave reopened on Thursday night after being closed for two weeks due to protests.
The Red Hen reopened in Lexington, Va., as dozens of protesters lined up across the street, USA Today reported.
"This'll be closed within a year!" one man shouted, according to the newspaper.
The restaurant represents a battleground between supporters of the president and those who support the owner's actions, and both protesters and supporters have flocked to The Red Hen in recent days, some hoping for a reservation at the establishment that said "no" to the White House.
"I thought it was very brave what the owner did," said Don Mandelkorn, who told USA Today that he had hoped to eat at the Red Hen on his way back home to Vermont. "We wanted to support the actions she took."
The incident prompted a debate over civility in politics and arguments over whether it is appropriate to confront public officials while they are dining out.
Some linked Sanders's treatment over her actions in the White House to African-Americans denied service due to their race during the civil rights movement.
"What happened to that lady — and I mean lady — should never happen to any human being," Butch Barley, a protester from Concord, Va., told the paper. "You can only take so much, and I’ve gotten to that point. You back up, you back up, you back up, eventually you’re against a wall."
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Next time I am on Martha's Vineyard I will proudly wear by MAGA hat in a Chilmark country store just to p off the people there.
Wear a MAGA hat and a T-shirt supporting a liberal group like The Sierra Club.
Heads will explode.
I hope conservatives "invade" the premises and make their lives miserable just as they do unto others. I'm pleased there are protesters outside, now they should go inside and order water and just sit there.
There is nothing liberal about this Bolshie.
True. There is no debate. The liberals think it’s fine that Sarah Sanders got kicked out.
The liberal late night comedians, all had fun with this, at Sarah’s expense.
Can you imagine the reaction, if Valerie Jarrett or any other Obamabot, had been refused service in a public accomodation????
I’ve heard Vermont is one of the whitest, least diverse states in the union.
Or least diverse in terms of population/ethnicity, not diverse in terms of political/social opinions.
It would be interesting to see what they would do, if you go in there, and identify yourself as a Trump supporter, a conservative. After all that’s happened, would they still evict you?
Revenge is a dish best served cold?
“I’ve heard Vermont is one of the whitest, least diverse states in the union.”
Absolutely,the top of the list.
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Of course not. That would be racist. /s
Yep.
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Can you imagine the reaction, if Valerie Jarrett or any other Obamabot, had been refused service in a public accomodation????
I'd worry about what the gay chefs and waiters put in my meal. Alternately, you can just loiter outside in a MAGA hat and give hostile stares to anybody walking in.
A Third option is to go in and dine and just complain about everything from start to finish, send food back, demand better service, then they'll think you are one of them.
“How much for the children?”
I will probably be a little more creative. I’ll make my own MAGA themed clothing.
I’ll have some dry white toast.
4 fried chickens and a coke.
Makes perfect sense to me. I'd just tell them that a Great America does a lot better job of protecting the environment than a economically sick America.
It is true.
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