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Cancel Culture Olive + Oak Cancels Vivek Ramaswamy Fundraiser After Outcry
Riverfront times ^ | August 28, 2023 | Ryan Krull

Posted on 08/29/2023 7:38:48 AM PDT by ncfool

Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will not be holding a fundraiser later this week at Webster Groves hotspot Olive + Oak, the restaurant announced today on social media.

The 38-year-old businessman and conservative author's campaign had advertised the event as "An Evening With Vivek Ramaswamy," including both a cocktail hour and a private dinner. For the low low sum of $3,300, attendees were offered not only that private dinner at one of St. Louis' top restaurants, but also a "phone call with Vivek" and a signed book. For $500, attendees could expect access to the cocktail hour and a keynote address.

A flyer for the event, which was to take place Wednesday night, started circulating on social media last week, with some expressing dismay that the beloved restaurant would host the conservative firebrand.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Politics/Elections; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: cancel; gop; israel; ramaswamy; vivekramaswamy; waronterror
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To: ncfool

Will they still serve black people?

So much is changing, don’t know what is left.


21 posted on 08/29/2023 8:16:01 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It ( )
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To: Right Brother

You are welcome to be reminded of whatever it is you like... that’s on you.

Me, I call a fraud a fraud anytime I can... and this guys a fraud, and anyone who distances themselves from this guy for any reason is making a wise decision.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4177455/posts


22 posted on 08/29/2023 8:20:04 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Right Brother

Good question. One that should be proposed to chopperk and Liz too.

I’m not going to vote for Mr. Ramaswamy, but I’m enjoying all to Hell the mental anguish he delivers and all the veneer he chops off!


23 posted on 08/29/2023 8:25:34 AM PDT by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Live Free!)
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To: chopperk

Absolute total bullshit! He got a Yale law school scholarship from a foundation headed by Paul Soros (not George) in 2011, when he was 24. There is no ‘bankrolling’ by any Soros. Keep telling the big lie. Goebbels would have loved you.


24 posted on 08/29/2023 8:35:15 AM PDT by Right Brother
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To: OttawaFreeper

If you find out, pls let me know...


25 posted on 08/29/2023 8:44:58 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: ncfool

“I have canceled them from my list of St. Louis restaurants.”

This is the same as not providing a wedding cake to a gay couple because of your beliefs. The restaurant is violating Vivek’s civil liberties by refusing to host an event due to their political beliefs.

This is a major lawsuit.


26 posted on 08/29/2023 9:06:05 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (The Democrat Party - Dumbing Down America Since 1965.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz
This is the same as not providing a wedding cake to a gay couple because of your beliefs.

Legally no, not the same.
Gays are protected against discrimination by law. Republicans are not.
Now if Ramaswamy could prove he was cancelled because of his Indian heritage, not his political leanings, he might have a case.

27 posted on 08/29/2023 10:03:49 AM PDT by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: All

Ramaswamy’s debating MO was a cinch.....to act like an overcaffeinated version of Sen. Ted Cruz.

Press and social media observations were not what one would consider flattering:
“astoundingly arrogant,” “irritating,” “glib,” “smarmy,” “obnoxious,” “a zero,” “preening.”

Annoying. Irritating. Glib. Got it.

It was the consensus that the guy behaved like a jackass.

It wasn’t just liberals dissing the smug know-it-all.

The other Republicans on the debate stage seemed genuinely miffed at his presence there.

Is he running for office or looking to land a talk show?


28 posted on 08/29/2023 10:12:29 AM PDT by Liz (More tears are shed over answered prayers than over unanswered ones. St Teresa of Avila)
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To: Liz

Restaurant response on reddit. they are thankful
https://www.reddit.com/r/StLouis/comments/162y9v3/olive_oak_hosting_vivek_ramaswamy_fundraiser/?rdt=58327

Hello all! My name is Alex Pesek and I work in management within the O+O Hospitality Group. Thankfully, this event has been canceled!.

I’d like to share this statement from our group. Thank you to those of you who have supported us through the years and into the beyond.
“It has recently come to light that a contract for a private event would be a fundraiser here for a current political candidate. Our team did not fund, donate, or support this event, and it has since been canceled by our accord. It’s essential to ensure that the events we host reflect a balance of viewpoints that contributes positively to the ideals within our company and community. Our guests, team, and values will always be our priority. “ – Mark Hinkle, Owner/Proprietor


29 posted on 08/29/2023 10:24:57 AM PDT by ncfool (America has died we are living in the united socialist states of aMeriKa)
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To: ncfool

Thx.


30 posted on 08/29/2023 10:35:46 AM PDT by Liz (More tears are shed over answered prayers than over unanswered ones. St Teresa of Avila)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

31 posted on 08/29/2023 1:02:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: HamiltonJay

IF, As I BELIEVE, VIVEK IS NOT NATURAL BORN CITIZEN——THEN he should be sued for fraud for even accepting a single dollar of contributions.

SAME FOR NIKKI HALEY.

We already know she is NOT NATURAL BORN CITIZEN-—she is an ANCHOR BABY-—nothing more.


32 posted on 08/29/2023 2:55:16 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Right Brother

Even Goebbels did not scrub his Wikipedia page.

;-)


33 posted on 08/29/2023 3:04:21 PM PDT by cgbg ("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
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To: ncfool

Restaurant says:

“events we host reflect a balance of viewpoints that contributes positively to the ideals within our company”

I think that means that they support leftist agitation and propaganda.


34 posted on 08/29/2023 3:05:59 PM PDT by cgbg ("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
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