I agree with the restaurant. The Trump administration spews lies, hatred and bigotry. They need to see this is not acceptable. Sanders should not have used her official account to tweet about it.
When I was a WH lawyer we trained all staff they couldn’t use their WH titles or resources (like Twitter acct) for personal uses like making restaurant reservations or promoting businesses. So yes, this tweet violates federal ethics rules. I’m sure Don McGahn will remind her. https://t.co/2t2JCVb5B7
— Ian Bassin (@ianbassin) June 24, 2018
Sarah, I know you don’t care even a tiny little bit about the ethics rules, but using your official account for this is a clear violation of 5 CFR 2635.702(a). It’s the same as if an ATF agent pulled out his badge when a restaurant tried to throw him/her out. https://t.co/Fj6OfBAdew
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) June 23, 2018
Sanders used her official govt account to condemn a private business for personal reasons. Seeks to coerce business by using her office to get public to pressure it. Violates endorsements ban too, which has an obvious corollary for discouraging patronage. Misuse reg covers both.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) June 23, 2018
This is the best story I've read about the @PressSec controversy. Discussing the issue now on @CNN 📺 https://t.co/nSTWow4A7o
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 24, 2018
I'm doing a search of entertainment conservatives who celebrated a Virginia bakery who refused to serve Biden and are condemning Red Hen for not serving Sarah Huckabee Sanders and having a 100% success rate so far. pic.twitter.com/A7JC5FySQw
— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) June 23, 2018
Well gee u lie 2 us so much, and U defend a man who lies pathologically &commits crimes against humanity on the reg. These are the reasons this place did not want to serve you. When he’s in jail & u write a book about all the stuff u “couldn’t say then” I will not forget. https://t.co/YH4WmIMasG
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) June 24, 2018
Blood libel all the way. Remember when Huckabee used to get favorable press as a folksy, likable guy? https://t.co/T9aLnEqjWM
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) June 23, 2018
White House officials don’t get to gin up cultural division for sport and then complain it’s unfair for them to face cultural backlash when they’re out in public. I would love to see a less politicized social sphere. The Trump WH is the #1 enemy of that objective.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) June 24, 2018
You supported the idea that businesses can choose who to serve regardless of identity. Welcome to the consequences of making that legal https://t.co/72A3QWQe8t
— ❄Mikki Kendall❄ (@Karnythia) June 23, 2018
Who is going to cook the food at Republican-only restaurants? https://t.co/XPhd527ruj
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) June 24, 2018
I'm also confused why she's so certain she was kicked out because she works for POTUS and not bc her dad is a racist a*******. As long as we're punishing kids bc of what their parents do, she should know that she is more than fair game.
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) June 24, 2018
“People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.” -JAMES BALDWIN https://t.co/HEowto5exe
— Justin Simien (@JSim07) June 23, 2018
Red Hen should simply hold a press conference, and defiantly state that this never happened. https://t.co/qb2lzEpYwx
— Eric Kleefeld (@EricKleefeld) June 23, 2018
This is Sarah Sanders doing her best to treat people "respectfully." https://t.co/2NPRfs5GgT
— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) June 23, 2018
The Yelp review for this small business have been flooded with pro-Trump one stars and anti-Trump 5 stars since Sarah Sanders tweeted about it https://t.co/P7GsJKdNSz https://t.co/JV7Lejb3as
— Liam Stack (@liamstack) June 23, 2018
That part about always treating people she disagrees with respectfully? Shall we ask @Acosta about that? Or @AprilDRyan?
— Deb Ng (@debng) June 23, 2018
Mike Huckabee's disgusting tweet is getting some attention this morning.
So I'm reposting this on how this sort of dehumanization works.
It's a Trump speciality, obviously, but Huckabee perfected it in a single tweet:https://t.co/nfSIFFeTYR pic.twitter.com/K5NhUAxylI
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) June 23, 2018
With respect I have not personally seen this on display in the WH briefing room. https://t.co/yDLVWA2nig
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) June 23, 2018
Mike Huckabee, a Christian minister who believes in the power of love and forgiveness, would never exploit racism and tensions over immigration for political purposes. https://t.co/qRlBFZVaQ9
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) June 23, 2018
What’s worse, being separated from your food, or from your family? @PressSec clearly has her choice.
— Romy Reiner (@romyreiner) June 24, 2018
CNN Panel Goes Off on Sarah Sanders Restaurant Flap: 'Hard to Have Lectures on Civility’ From Trump Admin https://t.co/il8O2w9UA3 pic.twitter.com/Mw0CAxWYYI
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) June 24, 2018
After the way Trump and his supporters talk about other people, they have no right to complain that others are not civil.
Sarah Sanders did not deserve to be humiliated by a restaurant owner in Virginia. Insulting people holding different political views is not the American way. Far left zealots are ramping up hatred and violence is coming. Check out https://t.co/fqUvO5EEW0 for honest news analysis.
— Bill O'Reilly (@BillOReilly) June 24, 2018
To timing here: same day Trump calls a member of Congress “Wacky Jacky”https://t.co/odbUXH66WZ
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) June 24, 2018
I just heard about a restaurant kicking Sarah Sanders out of a restaurant and it’s got me thinking that Democrats have to be talking about health care today and every day till the election.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) June 23, 2018
There are zero Democratic politicians or Democratic strategists who disagree with this.
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) June 24, 2018
"Sarah Sanders thinks it’s OK for a business to hang a sign saying they won’t serve gay couples. This is why, on one level, her very public dig at a Virginia restaurant is hypocritical." https://t.co/hv0MkSotyq #LGBTQ
— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) June 24, 2018
No one’s even talking about the fact that Sanders got a free cheese plate out of the whole deal pic.twitter.com/1sgxiFjjTQ
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) June 24, 2018
Sad! 