Fuming Trump supporters smear Jewish-owned restaurant as anti-Semitic over two-hour wait

[DonViejo]

BRAD REED
05 NOV 2018 AT 11:53 ET

Two Trump supporters frustrated by a two-hour wait at a New York City restaurant tried to exact revenge by accusing its Jewish owners of being anti-Semites.

In the video, two young women wearing “Make America Great Again” hats stood on the sidewalk outside Carmine’s restaurant in New York and complained that they were forced to wait for two hours because they were Trump supporters.

“So we got turned down as two Jewish women,” one of the women said. “Just got turned down in a restaurant in New York!”

The video was promoted by right-wing activist Charlie Kirk and Fox News host Laura Ingraham — but Carmine’s came out with a statement on Monday completely debunking the alleged “discrimination” the Trump supporters faced.

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[Downtown Hound]

1. Trump supporters are such self absorbed snowflakes. n/t

[MineralMan]

2. Not enough deference from the restaurant, eh?

Take off those fugly hats. Then you'd only have to have waited for an hour and 50 minutes to get in.

[Cousin Dupree]

3. What self-respecting Jewish person would be a Magat? I'm not buying any of this.

[still_one]

4. Interesting. Two supposedly Jewish women are upset with their two hour wait, but have not problem

supporting a racist, sexist, bigot, who caters to people and groups who are anti-Semitic

There are so many people the Darwin Awards should go to, but these two definitely belong on the list.

[Me.]

7. Darwin Awards!

Love that......

[dalton99a]

16. +1

[Me.]

5. 2 More Of The No Nothings

anyone who knows anything about Carmine's would know that just on ordinary nights they are booked and Sat. even more so. Why hadn't they made a reservation? Oh, right, entitled.

[eleny]

6. What would they be if they weren't victims

[Just a Weirdo]

8. If I was a restaurant owner, MAGA hats and its owners would be banned from my restaurant

Tell them to take their shit elsewhere. Decorum rules.

Yes, my in-laws are Jewish AND Republicans. You can thank the haredi's for influencing their own demise under the Hitler Trump.

I'm Jewish for the record, but would never marry a Republican. My wife is apolitical and I actually helped her vote straight Dem on the ballot this fall.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

9. If that is the Times Square location it is always packed, especially prior to an event or before/

after broadway shows. I’ve been there many times and typically eat in the bar area rather than wait for a table!

[JDC]

10. So, they 1st say their hats and shirt, then throw out religion as the cause

This is two ladies wanting to go viral and make a name for themselves. A complete set up. Nothing more.

[treestar]

11. Now that such relatively minor occurrences can

be spread far and wide via the internet, you have to wonder if it is staged.

[smirkymonkey]

12. Carmine's has always had notoriously long waits, especially on Saturday nights and even more so

when there is a huge event going on such as the NYC marathon. I used to go to the Carmines in my neighborhood and there was always an hour wait even during the middle of the week. What a couple of snowflakes!

[leftynyc]

13. Make a fucking reservation

Saturday night, night before marathon and they're whining about waiting? They're lucky they weren't laughed out of the restaurant. Thousands of restaurants in NY - pick your petulant asses up and eat somewhere else. Sheesh

[Meowmee]

14. Sounds crazy

I used to eat there, great restaurant. I would ban magas if I had a restaurant etc. in my area a Perry Gershon sign was defaced with a swastika and Zeldin suggested pg supporters did it for attention.

[renate]

15. just think how butthurt they'd be if they tried to vote in a Democratic district

Two hours for dinner... oh noes! Versus waiting seven or eight hours to cast a single vote.

For example, what happened this weekend in Florida is simply unacceptable. According to a local election official interviewed by CBS News' Phil Hirschkorn, the last "early voter" in line for Saturday's truncated early voting in Palm Beach County finally got to cast a ballot at 2:30 a.m Sunday morning, which means that voter waited in line for more than seven hours. In Miami, another traditional Democratic stronghold, the wait was said to be nearly as long. On Sunday, voters all over the state were begging judges and county officials for more time to vote.

This is happening not because of a natural disaster or breakdown in machinery. It is happening by partisan design. Alarmed by the strong Democratic turnout in early voting in 2008, Republican lawmakers, including Governor Rick Scott, reduced the number of early voting days from 14 to eight. When the restrictions were challenged in federal court under the Voting Rights Act, a three-judge panel said they would have a discriminatory impact upon minority voters. But only five of the state's 67 counties are covered by the federal civil rights law.

When the remaining restrictions were challenged in federal court, a George W. Bush appointee said there was no proof that the reduced hours would "impermissibly burden" minority voters. How many hours in line must a Florida voter wait before the burden upon her becomes an "impermissible" one? If Florida's election officials, and its Republican lawmakers, and its state and federal judges, all were required to stand in line for seven hours to vote those long lines would go away forever. You know it, I know it, and so do those officials.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/11/no-one-in-america-should-have-to-wait-7-hours-to-vote/264506/