Comments by "retnavybrat" (@retnavybrat) on "Sarah Sanders: I was kicked out of restaurant" video.

  1. Because there's no law that states a business can't discriminate against you because of who your employer is.
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  2. +Deek 44 Actually, the owner's name is Stephanie Wilkinson. Makes you sound like the sexist one for assuming that the owner was male.
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  3. +Deek 44 I'm smart enough to know that sexism had nothing to do with the restaurant owner's decision to ask Sanders to leave.
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  4. +Deek 44 On what grounds should the state shut down the restaurant? Unless Virginia has an anti-discrimination statute that covers discrimination based on political views or where someone is employed, the owner didn't break any laws.
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  5. Sanders wasn't denied service for being a Republican and/or voting for Trump. She was denied service because she works for Trump (at least that's the reason I've been reading).
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  6. Got it. 🙂
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  7. I believe the owner of the restaurant confirmed Sanders version of the story.
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  8. On what grounds? Unless Virginia (I believe that's where the restaurant is located) has an anti-discrimination law that covers either political orientation or place of employment, the owner hasn't done anything illegal.
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  9. Different story.
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  10. I really wish people who dislike Trump would stop using words like "trumptard". All it does is make them sound like Trump supporters.
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  11. And how much people take you seriously depends on the maturity of your communications.
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  12. What law did the owner violate? Does Virginia have an anti-discrimination statute that covers political orientation or place of employment?
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  13. What law did the restaurant owner violate? Does Virginia have an anti-discrimination law that covers political orientation or place of employment?
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  14. Cut and paste is not an answer.
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  15. Facts do matter, but they have to be facts that are relevant to the topic at hand. You want to see the restaurant owner prosecuted. I'm questioning if that's possible since, as far as I'm aware, there isn't a law in Virginia or at the federal level specifically covering denying service based on a customer's political beliefs or who the customer works for. If you don't know yourself or were unable to find a state or federal statute, that's fine.
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  16. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 covers discrimination based on "race, color, religion, sex, or national origin". As far as I could see in http://library.clerk.house.gov/reference-files/PPL_CivilRightsAct_1964.pdf , there is no mention of a person's political affiliation nor person's place of employment mentioned as protected categories. And in https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2018/06/25/was-sarah-huckabee-sanders-denied-public-accommodation-when-a-restaurant-kicked-her-out/?utm_term=.dea376416daf , the ACLU is cited as stating that there are only three places in the US and its territories that specifically include political affiliation in their anti-discrimination laws: Washington (DC), Seattle, and the US Virgin Islands. So, if that information is correct, then there is no law in Virginia that the restaurant violated in regards to asking Sanders to leave. By the way, if you're going to cut and paste an answer regarding a federal law, try using a federal government web site instead of legalmatch.com.
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  17. It's hard to take threats of a boycott seriously when the likelihood of the average Trump supporter to be eating at that restaurant before all this happened was slim.
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  18. When I looked at the menu online yesterday, I noticed that this place was not cheap and the offerings seemed trendy. Not quite the cuisine I envision the average Trump supporter being interested in eating.
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  19. True, but it's been my observations since Trump began his campaign that most of his supporters are not the "sophisticated" type. And I don't say that as an insult because I don't consider myself "sophisticated" either. Give me a diner that serves homestyle food any day over a place that serves modern art that happens to be edible.
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  20. Or who might attract belligerent mobs, like what happened to Nielsen earlier this week.
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  21. +Mark Richard Or end up with even more business because people liked her decision.
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  22. +Von Stern Trump is not Thanos. He can't just snap his fingers and have all the immigrants (Illegal? Both legal and Illegal?) in this country disappear without due process. In all seriousness, though, remember that anyone with the power to kick people out of this country on his or her say so won't stop with just the people you personally dislike.
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  23. If I was in that owner's shoes, I wouldn't have asked Sanders to leave simply because she worked for Trump. I would've asked her to leave because I don't want unruly mobs invading my business.
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