Posted on 05/05/2016 9:51:06 AM PDT by Objective Scrutator
ASHEVILLE, NC (FOX Carolina) -
A local tow truck driver said he refused to tow a woman’s car after he saw Bernie Sanders stickers on the vehicle.
Kenneth Shupe said he was called to pick up a woman stranded on I-26 in Asheville on Monday.
When he saw “a bunch of Bernie Sanders stuff” he said he told the woman, “very politely,” that he could’t tow her car because she was “obviously a socialist” and advised her to “call the government” for a tow.
"Every business dealing in recent history with a socialist minded person I have not gotten paid," Shupe said. "Every time I deal with these people I get 'Berned' with an 'e' not a 'u'."
Shupe, who runs Shupee Max Towing in Travelers Rest, said he is a conservative Christian who supports Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Shupe said he has drawn a line in the sand not to do business with Bernie Sanders’ supporters.
Sanders is running for president in 2016 on the Democratic ticket.
“I respect their beliefs, and I hope they respect my views,” Shupe said Wednesday.
The woman’s mother Kelle McWade posted an angry message on Facebook after the incident, calling Shupe a bigot.
"Trump's motto is 'Make America Great Again'," McWade said. "And this kind of divisive behavior is not going to make America great again."
Below is Kelle McWade’s public post:
Heads up, friends.... Cass had a wreck in Asheville yesterday. She is fine, but the car was not driveable. We called our mechanic who was tied up in Easley at the time, so he sent ShupeeMax Towing to get her. Kenneth Shupee drove from Travelers Rest to Asheville, hooked up her car, and when he went around to the back, he came back and told her that he wouldn't tow her because she had a Bernie sticker on the back of the car. HE LEFT HER ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE IN NC, and DROVE AWAY. Spread this bigot's story far & wide. Btw, I'm guessing he's a Trump supporter. The only difference is that the Don would have taken the money, because he at least realizes that liberals' money spends just the same as anyone else's. Dumb (expletive) cost himself money driving all the way to Asheville & back for nothing. (Expletive).
Greenville Attorney Steve Sumner weighed in on the situation saying,"We may not like it and we may not agree with it but I don't believe any laws were broken."
Sumner said unlike race, sexuality, and religion, political affiliation is not a protected class.
"As long as there is no contract between the driver and the tow truck company then there is no legal obligation for the tow truck company to pick her up," Sumner said.
Liberalism (much like the murder and theft it is responsible for) should be socially discouraged by individuals in the free market. Since most business owners are conservatives, we should join together to exclude liberals from society; perhaps this would cause many liberals to think about their life choices and what they advocate for.
You mean kudos for being a judgmental ass, and I wonder about the kudoser too. No matter. He penalized himself.
I love this.
Now if he was in the baking business...
“You mean kudos for being a judgmental ass, and I wonder about the kudoser too. No matter. He penalized himself.”
Is there a Hypocratic Oath for Tow Truck Drivers?
I don’t understand this? I would be pi$$ed but I would charge her double or triple and explain why.
Do you not believe that business owners should be allowed to associate with who they want?
We need more of this.
Liberals boycott North Carolina. Its time for payback.
Oh sure I don’t think the government should stop them from being judgmental asses, but neither should it protect them from the consequences.
One word for this might be “shunning”. The right to free association is double edged, with a right to disassociate being the sharper of the two.
I would have done the tow job, but I would have required cash up front. I’d even have stopped off at an ATM for her. But I wouldn’t have gone any farther than the ATM if I didn’t get paid.
A family member of mine owned a business... Every time she got a bad check it was from a democrat/black person
EVERY TIME
If he is going to stop towing the old broken down cars of Bernie supporters he is going to go broke
I do the same thing every way I can. I won’t have anything at all to do with a leftist once I know and encourage everyone to adopt that approach.
It would take a heart of stone not to laugh. ;)
With(assinine) statements like that maybe you should be over at the DU
Ok, he was a jerk, but she was not left in a life threatening situation. Trump can be a jerk at times, too, but seems to endear him to his supporters.
Which only drives leftists closer together with a very plausible excuse for having done it, and further confirming the notions held by the leftists, the story to be spread with centrists... not even God is such a moron.
This is why I never put political stickers on my car.
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