The Arkansas restaurant that kicked the state\u2019s governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, out, citing concerns that employees were threatened by her presence, has responded to the firestorm, with employees digging in even as ownership says politics had nothing to do with it.<\/p>\n
Hours after The Daily Wire revealed the details of the incident at The Croissanterie in Little Rock, in which Sanders was asked to leave after having lunch with two mom friends, and was both shouted at and flipped off as she departed, the restaurant told local press that it had nothing to do with her conservative politics.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter the party completed their meal, a member of the security detail was quietly asked to help conclude the visit in line with our standard 90-minute table policy,\u201d the restaurant told KARK. \u201cThe request was not immediately received, and the party remained for an additional period before departing without incident once communication was established.\u201d<\/p>\n
Restaurant employees didn\u2019t seem to get the memo. In a widely circulated Facebook post that was taken as a statement from restaurant staff, an employee called the governor \u201cevil\u201d and made it very clear that Sanders\u2019 politics made the governor\u2019s visit controversial.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m proud af to work here! I\u2019m proud af to be gay and I\u2019m proud af to be an Arkansan,\u201d the employee wrote. \u201cMy voice matters. Try again.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\nThe restaurant also denies there was any commotion, contrary to the account from the Sanders camp.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to be clear: there was no disruption in the restaurant,\u201d the statement said. \u201cClaims that an employee made an inappropriate gesture are incorrect\u2014it was a customer, and the situation has been addressed.\u201d<\/p>\n
READ MORE: Red Hen D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu: Sarah Sanders Kicked Out Of Arkansas Restaurant, Flipped Off By Staff<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n There was never any claim by the governor that an employee gave her the middle finger as she left. The Daily Wire reported on Thursday that as Sanders was leaving without making a scene, a group started shouting, \u201cIt\u2019s time to leave,\u201d and they flipped her the middle finger in front of other guests. It was not reported that an employee made the gesture.<\/p>\n This is the second time Sanders has found herself in the situation of being kicked out of a restaurant by liberal owners. Back in 2018, when she was White House press secretary, it made national news when a small Virginia restaurant called the Red Hen told her and her family to leave because she worked for Donald Trump. The incident earned the restaurant owner praise from liberal media outlets like the Washington Post, which hailed the owner<\/a>\u00a0for \u201ctaking a stand\u201d against Sanders.<\/p>\n