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Deli owner under fire for offering free side dish to anyone who says 'send her back' while ordering
Yahoo ^ | July 23, 2019 | Hope Schreiber

Posted on 07/24/2019 6:50:07 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

The owner of a small California deli created controversy when he shared on Facebook a promotion that promised a free side to anyone who said the said, "send her back" while placing an order. The chant — which broke out during President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina, last week — targeted Rep. Ilhan Omar and was deemed racist by many critics. Even some of the president's most loyal supporters believe it crossed a line.

John Canesa, the owner of Canesa's Brooklyn Heros in Clayton, Calif., wrote in his since-deleted Facebook post that the meatballs were made of beef "[in case] we offend any of our overly sensitive pork haters," possibly mocking Muslims or other religious groups that do not eat pork.

The post quickly drew backlash, and social media users proceeded to leave negative reviews on both the deli's Facebook and Yelp page, which has since temporarily disabled the posting of reviews.

"Come and get it we are about to sell out," Canesa wrote. "I have to post more often!"

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: sendherback
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To: Olog-hai

The use of the word “omelette“ would indicate an upper class person. A lower class person would have used the words “scrambled eggs“. So, your attribution to a Count sounds accurate.


41 posted on 07/24/2019 9:07:43 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: Vinnie

............there’s online ordering.........

....get some by mail.......

......maybe pay a shipping fee.....a little dry ice......et voila...


42 posted on 07/24/2019 2:52:55 PM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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