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    Default Red Hen restaurant doing "better than good" 11 months after backlash

    So much for those who said it would bite the dust. Unfortunately Stephanie had to put up with a lot of ugliness from trump supporters, though.

    "An owner of the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia, who last June asked White House press secretary Sarah Sanders to leave, said her business is doing “better than good” after weathering a barrage of criticism including from President Donald Trump.

    “After nearly a year, I’m happy to say that business is still good. Better than good, actually,” co-owner Stephanie Wilkinson wrote in an op-ed published Tuesday in The Washington Post. “Besides the boost to our area charities, our town’s hospitality and sales revenue have gone up, too.”

    ...Wilkinson’s refusal to serve Sanders, which led to the press secretary and her family leaving the restaurant, drew tremendous backlash from conservatives. Some alleged that liberals do not face the same level of public scrutiny in everyday life for their political beliefs.

    ...Wilkinson said she has not stopped receiving hate mail, including notebook pages smeared with feces. She said she was called a racist, hypocrite and that her business “was going down the drain.”

    The restaurant owner said the dining room was full after reopening 10 days after the Sanders incident and that customers came who had never before been to the Shenandoah Valley. In addition, supporters donated to the Red Hen’s local food pantry, shelter for domestic violence and first responders.

    Wilkinson concluded “resistance is not futile, for you or your business.”

    https://www.newsweek.com/sarah-sande...-owner-1425259


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    I went, good food!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jarod View Post
    I went, good food!
    Great! I'm hoping to visit it also, maybe this summer.


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    Great……her business is doing great...…..no need for any more tax breaks.

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    I am a Co -Owner /Gen Mang at an auto repair shop, when I see Clinton sticker etc on the car I tell them we are backed up 3 or 4 days..If there is a Rainbow sticker on car they pay more

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    Quote Originally Posted by volsrock View Post
    I am a Co -Owner /Gen Mang at an auto repair shop, when I see Clinton sticker etc on the car I tell them we are backed up 3 or 4 days..If there is a Rainbow sticker on car they pay more
    When I see people in traffic who are obviously lefties, I like to flip them the finger and keep looking right at them until they get uncomfortable. Sometimes I have to give the horn a little tap in order to get them to look at me so I can do this.
    The Truth Does Not Need To Be Supported With Censorship.

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    I'll buy a franchise and a Chick-fil-a one. Hedge my bets or better. Seems they both do well.

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    It's on my bucket list, to eat at the Red Hen!


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    Quote Originally Posted by christiefan915 View Post
    So much for those who said it would bite the dust. Unfortunately Stephanie had to put up with a lot of ugliness from trump supporters, though.

    "An owner of the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia, who last June asked White House press secretary Sarah Sanders to leave, said her business is doing “better than good” after weathering a barrage of criticism including from President Donald Trump.

    “After nearly a year, I’m happy to say that business is still good. Better than good, actually,” co-owner Stephanie Wilkinson wrote in an op-ed published Tuesday in The Washington Post. “Besides the boost to our area charities, our town’s hospitality and sales revenue have gone up, too.”

    ...Wilkinson’s refusal to serve Sanders, which led to the press secretary and her family leaving the restaurant, drew tremendous backlash from conservatives. Some alleged that liberals do not face the same level of public scrutiny in everyday life for their political beliefs.

    ...Wilkinson said she has not stopped receiving hate mail, including notebook pages smeared with feces. She said she was called a racist, hypocrite and that her business “was going down the drain.”

    The restaurant owner said the dining room was full after reopening 10 days after the Sanders incident and that customers came who had never before been to the Shenandoah Valley. In addition, supporters donated to the Red Hen’s local food pantry, shelter for domestic violence and first responders.

    Wilkinson concluded “resistance is not futile, for you or your business.”

    https://www.newsweek.com/sarah-sande...-owner-1425259
    What happy news! My little Klingon, who religiously views all of my evening posts the next morning at 5am, will be so excited to read that her predictions of bankruptcy did not come to fruition. I wonder if anyone at JPP was responsible for the part in bold? lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Evmetro View Post
    When I see people in traffic who are obviously lefties, I like to flip them the finger and keep looking right at them until they get uncomfortable. Sometimes I have to give the horn a little tap in order to get them to look at me so I can do this.
    I bet you throw sand on the other kids at recess too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Evmetro View Post
    When I see people in traffic who are obviously lefties, I like to flip them the finger and keep looking right at them until they get uncomfortable. Sometimes I have to give the horn a little tap in order to get them to look at me so I can do this.
    Sad that you have to compensate for your micro-cock like that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    I bet you throw sand on the other kids at recess too.
    That's Brian Sims.

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    Quote Originally Posted by anonymoose View Post
    That's Brian Sims.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    I bet you throw sand on the other kids at recess too.
    At the age where people enjoy a school recess, I was still a lefty.
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