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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There is no debate.
Liberals demand conservatives be 'civil' at all times on terms liberals define. Liberals can throw conservatives out of their places of business.
I do not typically wear political messages in my clothing, but I am thinking that maybe it is time to start wearing MAGA logos. I want to get the intolerant bigots to expose themselves before I give them any of my hard-earned money.
Then they shoot you..................
Mob the place with MAGA Hats. Line up outside the door demanding service. Make sure there’s plenty of protected classes. Go in there. Buy a pepsi and occupy the space like they did in starbucks.
Make them live up to their own standards!
Liberals refusing service at the eatery as liberals did during the sixties; discrimination resurrected
They reopened huh? Yeah, let’s see how long...
No surprise that Mandelkorn is driving back to Vermont.
The state is crammed with liberal socialist commie bastards. The suggestion should have been made to take the Red Hen with him!
I’m surprised it hasn’t been burned to the ground by wacky libs who would blame it on deplorables.
I’m glad to see liberals getting a dose of their own medicine thru our protests.
I wonder how the wait staff and cooks feel now that they haven’t received a paycheck for the last two weeks.
I’m sure the food there is great. The menu looked good. But I’ve been to Lexington a few times and will never step foot in there. I hope the place goes belly-up.
I wonder if he would support a restaurant that refused to serve Obama, based on his politics.....
Go in there and just order water, like they did to Chick-Fil-a.
“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.”
The Great Awakening has begun. The Dems are going to get slaughtered this November.
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'Waiter, I'll have another diet Coke, please'.
To me the best way to get even-——is WAIT.
Make reservations around the holiday season,when they think all is forgiven.
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No surprise that Mandelkorn is driving back to Vermont.
Then he’ll drive over to New Hampshire to shop where we have no sales taxes. Home Depot was 3 to 1 Vermont license plates yesterday.
“No surprise that Mandelkorn is driving back to Vermont.”
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Me neither-—not much “celebration of diversity” in Vermont——that’s why libs love the state,but they would NEVER admit it.
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I do not typically wear political messages in my clothing, but I am thinking that maybe it is time to start wearing MAGA logos. I want to get the intolerant bigots to expose themselves before I give them any of my hard-earned money.
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I just went to Amazon and ordered me a red MAGA cap.
$10.99
I’m going to proudly wear it.
Isn’t that supporting the business? Better to flood their competition with MAGA hats.
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