Posted on 06/23/2018 1:56:12 PM PDT by Simon Green
Stephanie Wilkinson was at home Friday evening — nearly 200 miles from the White House — when the choice presented itself.
Her phone rang about 8 p.m. It was the chef at the Red Hen, the tiny farm-to-table restaurant that she co-owned just off Main Street in Lexington, Va.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders had just walked in and sat down, the chef informed her.
“He said the staff is a little concerned. What should we do?” Wilkinson told The Washington Post. “I said I’d be down to see if it’s true.”
It seemed unlikely to her that President Trump’s press secretary should be dining at a 26-seat restaurant in rural Virginia. But then, it was unlikely that her entire staff would have misidentified Sanders, who had arrived last to a table of eight booked under her husband’s name.
As she made the short drive to the Red Hen, Wilkinson knew only this:
She knew Lexington, population 7,000, had voted overwhelmingly against Trump in a county that voted overwhelmingly for him. She knew the community was deeply divided over such issues as Confederate flags. She knew, she said, that her restaurant and its half-dozen servers and cooks had managed to stay in business for 10 years by keeping politics off the menu.
And she knew — she believed — that Sarah Huckabee Sanders worked in the service of an “inhumane and unethical” administration. That she publicly defended the president’s cruelest policies, and that that could not stand.
“I’m not a huge fan of confrontation,” Wilkinson said. “I have a business, and I want the business to thrive. This feels like the moment in our democracy when people have to make uncomfortable actions and decisions to uphold their morals.”
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On the Red Hen website is a list of their partner suppliers. They need some attention.
Oh, and some of our Christian baker friends now have a loophole, of sorts. They can just refuse to serve anyone that does not have a GOP voter registration card, since that kind of bias is OK, right?
“With 26 seats?
It sounds like more of a hobby than a real business. “
I’ve been to several like that-—small,pricey,reservations needed,and superb food.
Nice little small businesses.
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Wow Meryl Strep cousin.....that figures. Nut doesn’t fall far from the tree.
I’m guessing most tow truck drivers are Trump supporters. Wouldn’t it be nice if she had to wait on the side of the road to find one that isn’t.
Bingo! But unfortunately, I don’t think political affiliation is a protected class. Darnit!! But a nice little lawsuit would starve their financials a bit.
It would take them 3+ hours just to escape the worst metropolitan traffic in the nation. Then add another 3 hours for the drive down to Lexington. That area of Virginia is VERY Conservative. Little liberal Lexington is in the middle of a Conservative county surrounded by Conservative counties.
Why do so many people miss the fact that Religious Freedom is protected in the US Constitution? There is no comparison to the homo wedding cake issue, and refusing service over politics. Unless of course your God is government.
Well, that’s the problem - their God IS government.
The locals need to make a lot of reservations.
But obviously you cannot attend due to the inhumane and unethical business.
Hilarious. I particularly liked that Keep on Trumpin’ photo. I’m going to have to find a T-shirt with that.
PS My comment obviously was not directed at you, Simon.
Whatever happened to “just bake the damned cake”? [/sarc]
You are correct of course. But in a matter of minutes the left can assemble large groups of chanting protesters ("how cool is that"). Those demonstrations very well may impress other numbskulls to join their cause. All of whom can vote.
Perhaps next time we should limit the right to vote to land-owners, veterans and public servants (fire, police, etc.) in good standing.
Reviews say the food is mediocre and overpriced
A Harris-Wilkinson Dem ticket next presidential election?
“Perhaps next time we should limit the right to vote to land-owners, veterans and public servants (fire, police, etc.) in good standing. “
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Baloney!
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What an idiot.
Exactly.
I have a hard time believing that most of the restaurant’s clientele comes from Lexington proper.
And compared to Charlottesville, Lexington is still quite conservative,
Interestingly enough, a lot of the small businesses ( which include a lot of restaurants) in Charlottesville lost a great deal of business after the protests that occurred here last summer.
Reality can be a b!tch...
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