Well.....Well....Well...

[GMDino]

(06-25-2018, 10:41 PM)Millhouse Wrote: https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/25/politics/chuck-schumer-maxine-waters-harassment-trump-officials/index.html

Good for him.  I was making a reference to how some people have said we should handle the rhetoric that the current POTUS uses on twitter and in his speeches.


Now can we get some Republicans to take a stand for decency?  Or at least teach the following Trump supporters to read and learn geography?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/06/25/red-hen-sarah-huckabee-sanders-unaffiliated-dc-restaurant-targeted/730679002/

Quote:After White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was ousted from a Lexington, Virginia, restaurant named Red Hen, unaffiliated businesses are finding themselves the unsuspecting victims in a national uproar over business and politics.


A Washington, D.C., hot spot in the quaint Bloomingdale neighborhood that goes by the same name was egged over the weekend and has been scrambling to clarify that it is not the Red Hen.  


A Red Hen restaurant in New Jersey is also caught up in the tumult, as is a book publishing company called Red Hen Press.  


The three restaurants and literary press are completely unaffiliated, but that hasn't stopped a backlash that started after the Friday incident at the rustic farm-to-table eatery about 200 miles from Washington, D.C.


Owner Stephanie Wilkinson — of the Lexington Red Hen — told The Washington Post that her staff called her at home to ask what to do after Sanders entered the restaurant. Wilkinson said some staffers have problems with the Trump administration on gay rights and other issues.
Wilkinson said she told Sanders the restaurant must uphold standards such as honesty, compassion and cooperation.

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[/url]The Red Hen@RedHenDC

Good morning! @PressSec went to the unaffiliated @RedHenLex last night, not to our DC-based restaurant.
10:25 AM - Jun 23, 2018

Alysa Turner, communications director for Red Hen in the nation's capital, said the Italian-influenced American restaurant learned of the Sanders incident Saturday morning when managers received their first message at about 10 a.m. The company was also contacted by the owner of the Lexington location.


Since then, Red Hens everywhere have been bombarded with hundreds of Facebook comments, Yelp reviews and Twitter posts.
And President Donald Trump didn't make things any easier, tweeting Monday about the incident without clarifying the location. 

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Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

The Red Hen Restaurant should focus more on cleaning its filthy canopies, doors and windows (badly needs a paint job) rather than refusing to serve a fine person like Sarah Huckabee Sanders. I always had a rule, if a restaurant is dirty on the outside, it is dirty on the inside!
7:41 AM - Jun 25, 2018

The D.C. eatery has been trying to set the record straight even though Sanders clarified the location where she was evicted in her initial tweet.
"Our priority right now is safety of our employees and getting things back to normal," Turner said.


The D.C. Red Hen is having a little fun, too, firing back with GIFs and clever responses, largely to Twitter users who still don't believe the two aren't affiliated. 

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Diane@Dianezona

24 Jun
Replying to @RedHenDC and 2 others
Have to affiliated... same twitter page

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The Red Hen@RedHenDC
It’s not. You can see that there are separate twitter handles above. Just the same name. Just like you’re not Diane Keaton. pic.twitter.com/ucEBMDbJvv
9:36 AM - Jun 24, 2018

The D.C. restaurant is comparing the names of the Twitter users to that of other famous people to point out the flaw in the same name argument.

Quote:
GiGi @GGgirl34

24 Jun
Replying to @jimbobjoe9 and 4 others
Says Mike with 2 followers

Quote:
The Red Hen@RedHenDC

pic.twitter.com/T1cM1yNLFe
9:33 AM - Jun 24, 2018

Red Hen Press joined in on Twitter as well.

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Red Hen Press@RedHenPress
.@RedHenDC and @RedHenPress checking on twitter after @RedHenLex refused service to Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
2:25 PM - Jun 25, 2018

The Bloomingdale restaurant is also taking heat from some for not taking a stance on the issue.


In a tweet and Facebook post, Red Hen said it couldn't refuse service to anyone under the D.C. Human Rights Act, which "makes discrimination illegal based on 20 protected traits for people that live, visit or work in the District of Columbia," including political affiliation.

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Mazin Al-Eshaiker@MazinAlEshaiker

23 Jun
Replying to @RedHenDC and 2 others
Please make a public statement condemning her action and welcoming all Americans to all your other branches...

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The Red Hen@RedHenDC
You have the wrong restaurant. Separate companies separate businesses separate owners no affiliation. That one is in Virginia. Businesses in DC are prohibited from discriminating against people for political affiliation because we are a federal district.
[url=https://twitter.com/RedHenDC/status/1010649723156553728]6:24 PM - Jun 23, 2018