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Michael Williams is running for Georgia governor by bringing his fill this bus with illegals message to restaurants that want nothing to do with him.
KELLY WEILL
05.17.18 3:00 PM ET
A Republican running for governor of Georgia is bringing his racist Deportation Bus Tour to Cracker Barrel restaurantsand Cracker Barrel isn't having it.
Michael Williams, a Georgia state senator, is currently polling dead last in the states Republican primary. With the primary next week, Williams is trying to rally racists by hosting a Deportation Bus Tour from a converted school bus plastered with slogans like FILL THIS BUS WITH ILLEGALS and DANGER! MURDERERS, RAPISTS, KIDNAPPERS, CHILD MOLESTORS [sic], AND OTHER CRIMINALS ON BOARD.
The bus tour, which launched this week, has scheduled stops at Georgia restaurants, including at least 10 Cracker Barrels. Those stops are new to Cracker Barrel, which has spent the past two days unsuccessfully telling Williams to buzz off.
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In a statement, Cracker Barrel distanced itself from Williams.
We are not sponsoring this event or supporting Mr. Williams campaign stops in any way, and per our company policy, we will not allow him or any political candidateto host an event on Cracker Barrels property, the company said in a statement. We take pride in showing our communities and our country that the hospitality we practice is indeed welcoming and inclusive to all.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/cracker-barrel-to-racist-republican-get-your-deportation-bus-off-my-lawn?ref=home
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,546 posts)colinmom71
(653 posts)The Atlanta reddit forum has a lovely pic up of the bus broken down on the side of a local highway today.
RKP5637
(67,102 posts)Glamrock
(11,794 posts)unblock
(52,181 posts)underpants
(182,734 posts)Oh, THAT kind of shitbag.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)underpants
(182,734 posts)Try to get three different colors on your plate. It's tougher than you think.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,546 posts)Do shades count?
underpants
(182,734 posts)The gravy chicken and potatoes are all a greenish tan so are the green beans and the carrots (unless they have a 3 star or above back in the kitchen). Buying a Red Skelton DVD or an American flag doormat in the gift shop and taking it to your table is cheating.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,546 posts)What if one eats the dvd and doormat?
underpants
(182,734 posts)It may be hard to determine if that is the case given the nature of the base units
Ilsa
(61,691 posts)14 golf tees on a 15 hole triangle (or is it 20 with 21 holes?). You jump each tee until there is only one left.
I beat him.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,164 posts)EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)Gothmog
(145,063 posts)RandySF
(58,696 posts)We can use that to our advantage.
kysrsoze
(6,019 posts)Glad to see they are not supporting such awful people. The should call the police.
mcar
(42,294 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)I am assuming HE is on board? LMFAO!
Initech
(100,057 posts)Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)For various discriminatory practices that they had been involved with.
Then some right-wing crazy white person was caught on camera beating up a black woman at one of their locations in front of her baby. It was on the national news. Everybody was talking about this.
In the fastest response I have ever seen from any national company to a public relations demise, Cracker Barrel not only denounced the behavior of the individual, but they put a large plackard with a statement of non-discrimination in the lobby of every Cracker Barrel that you will walk into. They have been doing this for the last nine years, at least.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)The 3 top GOPers are running the same junk, they just don't have a bus. Reminds me of the days of Lester Maddox and J B Stoner.
This guy ran for governor when I was growing up. Claimed he wasn't a racist, right up until the looked him up for bombing a predominantly Black church in Birmingham.