White House press secretary Sarah Sanders. (Photo: Getty Images) Sarah Sanders had a hard time getting dinner in the D.C. area on Friday. She and her family were asked to leave the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Va. Jaike Foley-Schultz, who says he is a waiter at the Red Hen, shared a post on Facebook that said his boss kicked out the press secretary and her party. The post went viral when the director of Clean Virginia, a left-leaning energy nonprofit, shared the post on Twitter, along with a handwritten note, purportedly from the restaurant, with the note: “86 — Sara Huckabee Sanders.” . @PressSec got kicked out of the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Va tonight. Apparently the owner didn’t want to serve her and her party out of moral conviction. pic.twitter.com/jr3bfiY3XY — Brennan Gilmore (@brennanmgilmore) June 23, 2018 The term “86” is restaurant shorthand for cutting people off, asking them to leave, or throwing them out. Sanders confirmed that she was asked to leave in a tweet this morning. “Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for [President Trump] and I politely left,” Sanders tweeted. She also got in a dig, noting that being asked to leave said more about the owner than her. Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left. Her actions say far more about her than about me. I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully and will continue to do so — Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) June 23, 2018 As has become common when a business stirs up controversy, the restaurant’s Yelp and Facebook pages have been flooded by reviewers weighing in on Sanders being given the boot. Story continues On Yelp, one person from Texas wrote, “Decides who can and who cannot dine based on their employment or political affiliations. What a despicable business model! Poor decision by owners and management.” Another, from California wrote, “I was dining at the Red Hen and witnessed them rudely refuse service to Sarah Huckabee Sanders. I was disgusted and appalled by the incident. I will never eat at this establishment again.” Facebook was not much different. There were also some positive comments, with one Yelper writing: “Best restaurant in the world. Owner has her head screwed on straight. I only wish I lived closer so I could eat here every night. Thank you for being brave, I’m sure you’re going to be threatened by all sorts of troglodytes. Stand tall, there are more of us than there are of them.” Another seemed to draw a parallel to the Colorado baker who won his case in the Supreme Court after refusing to bake a cake for a gay couple, writing: “Glad you stood up for your moral convictions. This used to be against the law, but we all know who changed that and what’s good for the goose… well, you know the rest.” In a similar incident, Homeland Security chief Kirstjen Nielsen was heckled by activists as she dined at a Mexican restaurant on Tuesday. The protesters chanted “shame!” repeatedly at the woman who has become the frontline defender of the Trump administration’s widely condemned practice of separating migrant children from their parents. “How can you enjoy a Mexican dinner as you’re deporting, imprisoning tens of thousands of people who come here seeking asylum in the United States?” one of the activists cried out in a 10-minute video the group posted on social media. Nielsen left the dinner early. Read more from Yahoo Lifestyle: Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for nonstop inspiration delivered fresh to your feed, every day.<doc-sep>"Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left," Sanders tweeted. "Her actions say far more about her than about me. I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully and will continue to do so."<doc-sep>On Saturday, White House Press Secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, tweeted that she was denied service at a restaurant in Virginia. She wrote, "Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left. Her actions say far more about her than about me. I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully and will continue to do so" This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left. Her actions say far more about her than about me. I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully and will continue to do so — Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived (@PressSec45) June 23, 2018 Of course, Twitter was right there to inform Sanders of the many ways in which they did not give a flying donkey's butt about her hurt feelings. Here are the funniest, best, most real, and most savage responses to her tweet. 1. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. I REALLY DON’T CARE. DO U? https://t.co/L2o6H2KXC2 — John Dingell (@JohnDingell) June 23, 2018 2. 3. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. The Red Hen should have just taken Sarah Sanders' order, then spent an hour saying, "We'll get back to you on that." — James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) June 23, 2018 4. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. If Sarah Sanders is upset about being denied service at the Red Hen imagine her anger when I tell her I WILL NEVER BAKE HER A FUCKING CAKE. NOT FOR ANY HUCKABEE! — Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) June 23, 2018 5. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Do not compare the baker refusing to serve the LGBTQ couple to the Red Hen refusing to serve @PressSec. It is a false equivalency. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is choosing to work for the Trump administration and choosing to lie to the American people. I did not choose to be gay. — Ryan Knight ☭ (@ProudSocialist) June 23, 2018 6. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Sarah Huckabee Sanders endorsed a child molester for the Senate. Maybe the owner of The Red Hen didn't feel comfortable allowing her near small children. — The Resistance (@TheGayHumanist) June 23, 2018 7. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. There's a massive difference between not serving someone because of the way they were born (ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation), as Masterpiece Cakeshop did, and Red Hen not serving Sarah Sanders because she CHOOSES to be a terrible person. — Adam Best (@adamcbest) June 23, 2018 8. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Appears the “No Shirt, No Shoes, No Sense, No Soul = No Service” policy at The Red Hen is enforced religiously. https://t.co/AZv2Mla3Fw — Moe Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) June 23, 2018 9. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. If you oppose gay marriage and immigration to this country, you don't get farm to table dining. You picked a side in the culture wars, and it was the side without garlic scapes. cc: @PressSec — Guy Branum (@guybranum) June 23, 2018 10. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. 11. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Didn’t you morons get your panties in a wad defending the baker that didn’t want to make cakes for gay couples? https://t.co/1idczybcwA — chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) June 23, 2018 12. 13. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. It would be kind of awesome if people too far away to dine at @RedHenLex banded together to buy gift certs for use by worthy groups like veterans, teachers, social workers, etc.. Red Hen would get business. People making America a better place would get a night out. Win-win. — The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) June 23, 2018 14. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. No shirt, no morals, no service. 🐔 https://t.co/uFl9YCYUav — Michelle Wolf (@michelleisawolf) June 23, 2018 15. And perhaps most importantly, this bit of serious information:<doc-sep>White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders conducts a White House daily news briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on June 14, 2018, in Washington, D.C. Photo : Alex Wong ( Getty Images ) I don’t condone refusing service to people unless their names rhyme with “Farah Suckabee Flanders”—then I’m all for a restaurant staff asking the White House press secretary to leave the premises immediately. Advertisement According to Suckabee’s tweets, a Virginia restaurant kindly asked the first lady of defending the indefensible to kick rocks. Suckabee claims that she’d just gotten off of her four-toed flying walrus when she saddled into the Red Hen in Lexington. The problem with Suckabee’s tweet is that it’s false. Was she kicked out of the restaurant? Absolutely. Is she a respectful person who treats people respectfully ? Fuck no. Anyone who has ever watched a Suckabee press briefing can tell you how “respectful” she is. Just ask God’s favorite White House reporter, April Ryan, how warm and respectful Suckabee has been. Also, Suckabee is a liar. The New York Daily News reports that Suckabee wasn’t the only one to post about said events on social media; Jaike Foley-Schultz, who claims to be a waiter at the restaurant, took to his Facebook page to note the momentous occasion. “I just served Sarah Huckabee Sanders for a total of two minutes before my owner kicked her out along with seven of her other family members,” he posted. Suckabee’s brief entrance and exit out of what has now become my favorite restaurant follows the Trump administration’s abhorrently draconian “zero tolerance” border policy, which includes separating migrant children from their loved ones and placing them in internment camps. Advertisement As news spread that Suckabee had been given the big boot, Trump supporters, also called the far R eich, took to the restaurant’s Facebook and Yelp pages to bash the move. “Don’t eat here if you’re a Republican, wearing a MAGA hat or a patriot. Owner refused service to Sarah Sanders simply because she works for the current administration,” one poster wrote, according to the Daily News. “How disgusting can the owner get?” Advertisement Others applauded the move. “They don’t serve food to fascists? I will be promoting this restaurant to anyone I know in the area,” a potential diner wrote. “Well done, owners. You are true patriots and I can’t wait to try your food!” Advertisement Sanders’ dumbass father, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, even joined the fray to blast the owners for denying his daughter her daily meal of pig guts and bloody dog parts. “Bigotry,” Huckabee tweeted. “On the menu at Red Hen Restaurant in Lexington VA. Or you can ask for the ‘Hate Plate’. And appetizers are ‘small plates for small minds,’” t he Daily News reports. Advertisement The restaurant and its owners did not immediately return the Daily News’ phone calls, but if they’re reading this, we here at The Root love you.<doc-sep>
Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her family were asked to leave a Virginia farm-to-table restaurant last night because of her work with the Trump administration. Sanders sent out a tweet confirming that the Red Hen restaurant asked her to leave on Friday evening “because I work for @POTUS and I politely left.” Reviewers swarmed Facebook and Yelp to take on the restaurant’s conduct. Some offered praise, while others lambasted the further polarization and the lack of accommodation. The restaurant’s website also went offline because of the heavy Internet traffic. The incident came to light when a waiter at the restaurant, Jaike Foley-Schultz, posted about it on Facebook. “I just served Sarah huckabee sanders for a total of 2 minutes before my owner kicked her out along with 7 of her other family members…” he wrote. “Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left,” Sanders tweeted this morning. “Her actions say far more about her than about me. I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully and will continue to do so. On Yelp, where the restaurant rated two-and-a-half stars, one reviewer asked, “Are Republicans welcome in this restaurant or just not ones that work for the current administration? I wouldn’t want to be asked to leave, so I would like to choose restaurants based on whether I would be able to have a decent experience.” However, one Yelp wag asked, “I live in Oregon. Can I get some food delivered?”