“REPUBLICAN” GOVERNORS HAVE DINERS REMOVED FROM RESTAURANT
By FITSNews || We love a Moe’s Burrito. In fact our favorite is the “Joey Bag of Donuts.” All that meat in our mouths … mmmmm.
In addition to good food Moe’s (generally) has a good atmosphere – including the chain’s famous “Welcome to Moe’s!” greeting, offered cheerily to customers as they peruse the menu.
Apparently not everyone is welcome at Moe’s, though …
At the company’s downtown Charleston, S.C. location this week, multiple individuals were booted from the restaurant “mid-burrito” by staffers working for S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie – who appeared at the restaurant for a media event.
According to one of the individuals who was escorted from the premises by security, they were booted “on suspicion of being Democrats.”
Wait … Democrats? Don’t they know Barack Obama is Christie’s BFF? Or that Haley is growing Medicaid faster than Obamacare states (like Christie’s New Jersey)?
Anyway …
“The guy giving the order was a younger guy, about thirty, and I could swear that he had no eyebrows,” one of the individuals removed from the restaurant told FITS. “Not a bad looking guy, but no eyebrows.”
Ha!
According to our sources, Haley and Christie’s advisors received permission from the Moe’s manager on duty to have the four individuals removed.
Not only that, the manager refused to provide the customers with a refund for the burritos they purchased – saying they would have to “leave now” and “come back later with issues.”
What?
Sheesh …
We wonder … is Gov. Christie, the scandal-scarred chief executive of the Garden State, really that hard up for food? Is his addiction to “om-nom-nomming” so intense as to force hard-working South Carolinians from their seats mid-bite?
Didn’t he recently have some gastric bypass surgery aimed at helping him with his “Git in Mah Belly” problem?
Or (more likely) are these “Republicans” fearful of anyone other than easily controllable mainstream media being permitted to record their public statements?
Whatever the case, as much as we enjoy Moe’s we’re taking the restaurant off of our list of frequented dining establishments – and would encourage our readers to do the same.
Obviously we believe Moe’s has the right to refuse service to anyone it chooses on any basis it pleases … but it must then deal with the consequences of its actions in the broader marketplace. And while we don’t expect our calling attention to this shameless example of pandering to have any sort of seismic impact on the company’s bottom line, in this economy every penny counts …
UPDATE: Moe’s corporate says it’s investigating the incident …
@fitsnews Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We are currently looking into this matter.
— Moes Southwest Grill (@Moes_HQ) September 17, 2014
UPDATE II: We’ve identified the “Republican” operative responsible …
UPDATE III: Well, well, well … the Moe’s in question is ownedhttps://www.fitsnews.com/2014/09/17/nikki-haleys-burrito-gate-comes-full-circle/ by a Haley campaign donor and political appointee.
145 comments
That’s some grade A bullshit right there. If you’re going to have some sort of media event then reserve the damn restaurant and only allow people that you’re OK with in during those times. Showing up and having paying customers kicked out mid-lunch? No immediate refund? And the manager thought this was a great idea?
Wonder what corporate thinks of this?
Manager will be fired. But I imagine a Haley or Christie campaign position awaits.
AAA smelly bull — because I don’t believe a responsible manager would mistreat his customers this way.
There’s a lot of people that suck up to politicians like they are royalty or something….it actually wouldn’t surprise me as the elected ruling class gets all sorts of special treatment because of the prevalence of government worship in American society.
It’s sad, but it is what it is. Douchebag politicians wouldn’t be welcome in my business, doesn’t matter what party affiliation they are, they are all rotten and bad for business.
If I would have been there, and Republicans came in talking loudly about disgusting Republican stuff, they’d be carrying me out in a straight jacket.
You’re the sort of moron that would be asked to leave.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka67r-PK5bI
Classic freaking cinema, friend!
I know… that’s what guns are for, right?
You are about that stupid.
To do what? Defend myself against tyranny with bullets from a gun that is my god-given right to use to do same?
All talky, no action.
Of course, you’re right – I’d stand my ground with my M16!
Max, let’s see — you’re in Texas + burrito + …. uuh, ok, I got it now
South Carolina has no open carry law, so good luck with that.
no open carry
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You mean if you can’t carry it in the open, it won’t shoot?
No, I’m saying if you walk into a moe’s (or any other place that’s doesn’t have some retarded gun restrictions) in SC with an M16 you might get yourself in trouble.
No, I’m saying if you walk into a moe’s (or any other place that’s doesn’t have some retarded gun restrictions) in SC with an M16 you might get yourself in trouble.
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Oh, but if I oppose tyranny with a loaded gun, I won’t be in any trouble?
Haven’t you heard, in between living your life, that the one with the gun gets to tell the truth?
Where did Big Talk go? To lick his wounds in the dark as tyranny passes loudly by his window?
“To lick his wounds in the dark as tyranny passes loudly by his window?”
He’s double jointed, it’s not his wounds he’s licking.
Why would I do that when I have your mother begging me to let her do it for me?
Ewwwwww! Burn!!!! Tisssssss!!!!
Your stupidity actually makes me wince in pain, then laugh.
Don’t hurt yourself junior.
Big Talk has a fucking life, you should get out there and get one too. He also doesn’t subscribe to cable television, you presumptuous little prick.
Big Talk has a fucking life
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Oh shit! I didn’t think of that! Carry on… openly.
If I were there, and eating my paid-for lunch, and were asked to leave for this sort of crap reason, they would hear some very loud ‘Shifty Rants’ —
Story is not true.I was one of the customers.Ate for free and Haley was kind and respectful to all of us.I am a Democrat however after hearing the governor speak I am a big fan and all four of us libs will vote for her.
Ate for free and Haley was kind and respectful to all of us.I am a Democrat however after hearing the governor speak I am a big fan and all four of us libs will vote for her.
For a bottle of Manischewitz and a ride to the polls, TBG will vote for her, *to*.
Oh, come on! Mo Levy’s had some great prices on clothes for us broke Carolina students.
Was Ignatius Reilly kicked out of the restaurant, too?
Touching story.
The best money could buy.
Of course Sandi was there, she works for the governor after all.
OK, just tell us what the governess spoke about and for how long — we’re waiting
Story is absolutely true. The people that were kicked out were my friends. I was outside protesting Gov Christie at the time, and saw them being ejected. They then immediately filled me in on what happened. I also went back with the one quoted above to complain, and the manager on shift (who was not the manager who kicked them out) corroborated the whole story, and gave us both free burritos with his apologies. He said he tried to convince his superior not to kick them out in the first place. But such is the power of political staffers.
I was eating next to your friends..Four of us.Your friends smelled horribly and kept throwing food on the walls while picking their noses.What was up with the one dude wearing a dress?
You are obviously Sandi, aka “POGO of The SNOB.” I doubt you are on the Haley payroll, as some speculate. “Big T” maybe, but not you. You’re too nucking futz for anyone to give you money for anything, unless they bring back the old geek shows at the State Fair.
What are you talking about?
Nonsense.
Come on Sandi, try harder. You’re not putting in the effort.
But such is the power of political staffers.
More like such is the power of suck ups to political staffers.
Shut up, Simran. No body wants to hear you spew your crap.
We all know that he lies like Obama. He panders to about 25 or 30 people, here, and thinks he is a journalist.
Your a democrat and your position on Haley was swayed over the course eating a homewrecker? Sounds like you’ve got some pretty well developed and thought out viewpoints.
I know this post is a lie because there’s not a Democrat in the whole state (and very few Republicans) who can stand Nikki Haley’s bullshit when hearing her speak.
You can’t believe anything this jerk publishes. One of the most laughed at blogs in the country
My name is Alec J.Flintrock.I was there at Moe’s. As a broke college student I was checking the trash cans for leftovers.The politicians bought my lunch.I am a changed man and have taken a shower this week and got a haircut.Thank you.
OK, Alec, good for you! Now shake your sticks and get your degree from CSOL and then pass the bar exam…..and then we’ll hear from you when you run for a political office.
This is great. Now we can fight over “where to buy a burrito.” Let’s add that to the list of “where to buy a chicken sandwich,” and “where to buy hobby supplies.”
Sticking with Cracker Barrel, Moe’s and Chick Filet.
Sticking with Cracker Barrel, Moe’s and Chick Filet.
The ghost Maurice Bessinger clears his throat.
Mmmm. Love that Chick Filet. Especially the Filet mignon.
Anyways, I just had a Chick Fil-A biscuit this morning.
I’ve never had a good meal at Cracker Barrel. Tried it twice, crowded, expensive…bleh.
……….. racial segregation and discrimination in the … segregation and discrimination at high-profile restaurants ……… Remember? >>> 25 African-Americans thrown out of South Carolina restaurant after a white woman complained of feeling ‘threatened’
“All that meat” ?? Do you even pay attention? On your 7 dollar burrito, you get ONE goddamn tablespoon of ground beef……tightwad bastards. I bet Moe’s last name is Levy.
Ah, the Jewish joke. Go somewhere else please!
I bet Moe’s last name is Levy.
*waggles finger*
Now. Now.
That reminds me of the time my son asked me for fifty dollars. I said “forty dollars?! I don’t have thirty dollars! What do you need twenty dollars for? Here’s ten dollars.” I handed the boy a five and said “split it with your brothers…and bring back the change.”
Moe, jokes and humor are meant to be shared, and that is a good variation on one of mine….
Something is a little weird here! Were there only four people in the restaurant? If not, how did they identify these four as democrats? Did they have D’s stamped on their foreheads?
…how did they identify these four as democrats?
They smell different.
Fo’ Realz!
I’m always self-conscious here in Texas, being constantly noticed for having minty-fresh breath, fastidiously dressed, with the smell of a recent shower and body wash still lingering about my person….
It’s probably the same everywhere – the manly man smell of shit, the silent shibboleth of Republican partisanship.
We had our ISIS beenie caps on and were chanting *yes we can*….
They probably looked like college students. If it’s the Moe’s I’m thinking of, it’s right next to CofC.
Maybe one made a big show out of reading out of the Satanic bible, or possibly one crafted an image of Fred Flintstone on a saddled Brontosaurus, hauling gravel, out of his leftover burrito…. or winked gayly at one of the male staffers.
Good point! I actually had Friedrich Hayek’s ‘The Road to Serfdom’ with me.
You’d think they’d have asked you to speak – unless they thought you’d actually *read* it.
One of them was a former Dem campaign staffer and his bag (which is the bag he always uses) has a DNC logo on it. But they were just quietly eating, there was no disruption going on. The Govs didn’t even get there till more than a half hour later. Plenty of time to let them finish eating.
Maybe they aren’t white?
They smelled.
TBG just knows that somewhere Christie went all Joe Pesci on someone…
“WTF??? Just tell them to GTF outta there!!!”
These are franchises Will. Why would you take this out on an independent operator in Columbia who has no stake in the Charleston location that did this, if it is true? That seems a little vindictive. I highly doubt this came from Moe’s corporate or that their corporate knew anything about this. In fact, based on what I have seen on how their corporate operates, Moe’s corporate is going to be pretty pissed if this is true. Have you contacted them for comment?
I think he should contact corporate, but I wonder if he’ll just get the standard PR response of “we do not support the behavior of blah” and not really do anything about it. I could be wrong, though. (Either way, update us bro!)
It is my understanding, and I might be wrong, that the owner of Moe’s in Charleston owns all of the SC franchises, and is a major contributor to Haley, which is why she had the press opp/campaign there.
Ding ding ding…we have a winner. He’s parlayed it into a seat on the DNR Board, among other things. Nikki loves her some cronies, with guacamole.
Fits must have seen the latest polls for the governor’s and senate race and is apparently in desperation mode.Advocating boycotts of businesses for political purposes while disparaging the reputations of the employees without the facts is straight out of the Boz Alinski playbook.
This Boz (Buz) NEVER advocates boycotts and NEVER abides by them. I love to eat at Chik-Fil-A, Cracker Barrel and other oft-boycotted places. I ate at a Subway in the local Walmart yesterday. If they have eats in the new Hobby Lobby when it opens in MB, I’ll fucking eat there. I don’t have to agree with anybody’s politics to eat their food. Fuck that. And fuck you, you ignorant shithead.
You were one of the most vocal advocates of the biker boycott in MB. Liar.
NOT TRUE! I practically begged all the biker groups not to boycott MB, because it hurt the businesses that catered to them more than it did the ones who did not. That seemed obvious to me. The bikers didn’t know, if there were not from here, that most business owners on the south end of MB do not live in the city and cannot vote there. Most of the bikers didn’t care about all that. They thought the boycott would work. Did it? I don’t know. But the helmet ban, etc., sure as hell did help Murrells Inlet.
Anyway, NO, I did not advocate that boycott in any way. More bullshit from another professional bullshitter. Or maybe the same one.
It should be taken out on the independent operator, not Moe’s corporate. Corporate has already reached out to one of the people who was kicked out to find out what happened. This is the fault of the local Moe’s. The whole reason the event was held there is because the franchise owner is a big donor to GOP in this state. It was a kind of kick-back for him.
Could not disagree more. If Moe’s corporate takes no action against its franchisee, its acquiescence indicates support. There is a simple answer for Moe’s corporate; publicly denounce the actions of its franchisee. Otherwise the actions of one will affect all with whom he is associated, which is how markets work. As a business owner, I would fire an employee who allowed his political actions to interfere with the operation of my business.
Sorry. Fuck Moe’s. And I do eat there from time to time, or at least I used to.
Chipotle, bitch!
I seriously doubt ANYONE who was sitting in this restaurant enjoying their meals like civilized people were asked to leave. If they were acting like stompy feet liberals typically do and got their pants in a wad over evil Repub taking over their favorite shitty fast food joint, that’s another story. Suspicion of being Democrats, what a joke.
Well as long as you doubt it, I think its safe to say that’s the truth. Your name is fact check after all, and you’ve got an opinion, I’d that’s not enough for people to verify what happens, they’re clearly living in la-la land.
I was hoping someone would use doubt as de facto reporting.
I doubt the validity of that doubt.
all reporting without a doubt is the obvious truth!
“(W)e believe Moe’s has the right to refuse service to anyone it chooses on any basis it pleases.” Does that include race? Have we time warped back to 1954?
And if they were already eating too? Just weird
I suspect his theory is that the market will basically end discrimination because it’s retarded to tell 30% of your potential customers that they’re not welcome.
The market has ended discrimination, err….should end….might…would….oh, never mind.
Jailing and/or fining people for being racist is identical to doing the same to assholes. If that’s how you like it, so be it, enjoy your freedom fries, served up and probably spit on by some racist who can’t put a sign saying “no niggers” on his door.
Me, I’d prefer to know in advance who might spit on my fries, but to each their own I suppose.
I hate places that copy the Waffle House and scream at you when you walk in the door. The employees are humiliated and it is gimmicky after the first trip. The guy should have forced them to arrest him and then humiliated them in court.
I agree. How lonely do you have to be to think that someone screaming on cue at you is the same thing as a friendly greeting?
WELCOME TO FITSNEWS!
This isn’t news. What is news is finding four democrats in South Carolina…
LMAO.
Four with a public opinion.
I used to feel bad for that Moe’s location that a Chipotle’s is going in directly across the street. Now I guess I can go to the new Chipotle’s and have the added self-satisfaction of making a half-assed political statement.
Or go down the street to Taco Bell, and your WHOLE ass will soon make a major statement.
“the right of the people peaceably to assemble”
It appears that Democrats have adopted the Lee Atwater tactic of having paid or volunteer people to attend opposition events in order to be disruptive and deny others from free association for their intended purpose.
Are you just making this stuff up as you go along? The people who were forced out are the ones who were denied the right to peaceably assemble. While you have no evidence of your allegations, no where does the constitution guarantee you or anyone else the right to assemble in a public location and exclude everyone who disagrees with you from that location. I guess what you are saying is politicians should have the right to make sure no one will ask them embarrassing questions.
Typical Republican attitude. Don’t ask me things I don’t want to answer.
You are full of nonsense. It is not about disagreeing with someone. Obviously they were being disruptive or preventing others from hearing the speakers, then they can be removed. Constitutionally. It happens all the time. The individuals removed do not have a case in any court.
It is not a public location. It belongs to the franchisee. Even in a public place, a group can get a permit to reserve it for a specific purpose. Some other group can’t then prevent that use. What value is the right to assemble if others can disrupt its purpose?
Relating my own experience would serve no purpose, since you could rightly suspect I made them up, but their are multiple instances where such tactics have been reported. I don’t know the particulars of this incident, but can use critical thinking and raise a reasonable doubt. Haley and Christie fielded several difficult questions about bridge gate
I think you must be making this stuff, you assume they were being disriptive – even tho they were booted prior to politicos arriving, also that the place was reserved for them…?
EXACTLY! If the blithering idiots writing this kind of stuff are really working for Haley, how in the bloody hell can she get re-elected?
Oh, that’s right. I forgot for a minute. It’s South Carolina.
If you don’t like Haley, it is easy to believe any dog kicking story you hear. Fits has at the top “Unfair imbalanced”. No “News” organizations have reported it. I have only found one other Facebook post about the incident that gives only one side of the story.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:1yMwlzP8yOUJ:https://www.facebook.com/moessouthwestgrill+&cd=12&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
Corey Craig
Yesterday at 2:23pm.
WOW, Moe’s!!!! SHAMEFUL! Governor’s Nikki Haley and Chris Christie are having a campaign event at the Moe’s on King and Calhoun St. and their people just had management lie to us and kick us out because I happened to have a Democratic Party bag as a book bag; which I didn’t even remember since I’ve used it for so long. Needless to say, I realized it, called the campaign guy out who had everyone glaring at us for about 20 minutes, and then proceeded to inform ALL of the media inside about what was going on. Needless to say, they refused to refund any money, told us the Owner wasn’t there, which the media pointed out he was, and would not even look me in the face. Turns out he’s a huge donor. @abcnews4 @live5news @cnn @postandcourier ?#?abcnews4? ?#?live5news? ?#?cnn? ?#?postandcourier? @nikkihaley ?#?nikkihaley? @govchristie ?#?govchristie? College of Charleston
The GOP are getting more pussified by the minute.
You know Christie’s going to finish that menu.
Forgive Buz.He once walked on his cane from his mommys house in M/urrels Inlett in a Big Lebowski stained bowling shirt and in high heel shoes all the way to MB and asked the mayor to quit at a city council meeting.While the mayor and city council members laughed him out of the room he drooled and sweated profusely while stammering being escorted out. GOOGLE IT.
You have embellished this bullshit story considerably over the years. It’s starting to be more fun to read now. I Googled it, though, and got: Tomas Gordon Davis and Bob Hall are both brain-damaged drunk-driving potential murderers, and bullshit artists of the first magnitude who are joined at the hip in their perpetually dysfunctional “love-hate” relationship and their Buz Martin Derangement Syndrome. Tom Davis is a several-times jailbird now, too, having recently added Hit and Run and destruction of Police and FD equipment to his long list of offences. Y’all’s game is getting gamier by the day.
So they got pissed and called them out after they were being kicked out?
Wow, how outrageous for someone to get upset over being obviously wronged.
See Will’s update, above. Turns out he IS a big contributor to Nikki, as well as one of her political appointees.
So what? Tom Ervin’s wife has been a big contributor to Vincent Sheheen and the SCDP. What is your point?
The point is YOUR point, which is your pointy little head, custom-made for the pointy-headed white sheets y’all like to wear.
Well, this can’t be a fact – there’s no corroborating evidence.
Go to this fits article.
NIKKI HALEY’S “BURRITO-GATE” COMES FULL CIRCLE
I posted links for Corey Craigs being removed from Moe’s and previously being thrown out for protesting before.
There may be links there, but there’s no evidence that previous performance is proof of future profits.
It’s a good indicator.
If it’s not in the Farmer’s almanac, it’s not a good indicator.
You can leave anytime you want to.
Facking IDIOT!!! NOWHERE has it been stated that they were disruptive in any way, nor has any of your blathering proven that to be so. IT’S JUST SHIT YOU ARE SAYING! And who gives a flying fuck about the anecdotal NON-EVIDENCE of your own past experience, true or not. I mean, seriously, who even gives a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut about you in general, you ignorant, obnoxious fuckwit?
Ok, so no more Moe’s for me. They might decide to kick me out in mid-meal, because they don’t like my politics. I am sure there are other restaurants who will fulfil my Taco cravings.
Obviously they were being disruptive
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Perhaps talking in the same tone and loudness of voice in the presence of disagreement is what you mean by “disruptive?”
(Columbia AP ) Bruce Smith “There were protesters across the street in Charleston as well,…”
Not hard to speculate that a few would sneak in to Moe’s.
It’s not hard to speculate that a few are Republicans being planted as Democrats to make them look bad, but I’m not stupid enough to choose easy over fact.
I found the facts. See my post in
NIKKI HALEY’S BURRITO “BOUNCER” IDENTIFIED
I identify Corey as a previous protester, who has been thrown out of a CofC basketball game.
Charleston protesters snuck into Moe’s in Columbia?
The reporter works out of Columbia.
See my post and links in
NIKKI HALEY’S BURRITO “BOUNCER” IDENTIFIED
I identified Corey Craig as the person thrown out of Moe’s and that he protested and was thrown out of a basketball game before for opposition to McConnell. He was hoping to cause trouble at Moe’s.
How were they being disruptive if they were just eating? And only one of them is a Democrat. One doesn’t affiliate. And one spends half his time complaining about Democrats.
It appears that Democrats have adopted the Lee Atwater tactic
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As we all knew previously – Republicans are scum.
No Ravenel on the landing page? Catch up Will. I mean you have his back. Right?
Someone needs to be sure the Huffington Post gets this story, and Stephen Colbert.
I’m just so glad Obama, and his force of constant vacationers – that spend billions having fun – never do Crap like this.
I bet if they did you vigilant Watchdogs – led by hawk-eye and chief muckraker FITS- w/ faithful sidekick, and also Speedo-clad, Boz – would clamp down on it, posthaste.
You defenders of virtue don’t let anything get by you. You’re fine citizens…..of Tehran or Moscow…LMAO…
PS: Is Tom Ervin encouraging violence and bullying against women. Sounds likes FITS agrees…Got a good expose up about it at SCPSD…Check it out, brothers and sisters, who like political dialogue.
Take one hour of your troll day and check out this site: http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/
Still obsessing over me in a Speedo. You are a sad, sad, little man. I have not looked good in a Speedo since 1983, and was always high as a Georgia Pine when I was foolish enough to go out in them. All I did was attract sad little gay fuckers like you.
I’d be kind of pissed I got booted from eating my Homewrecker on suspicion of being anything.
I was working at that moes the day of the event, and I’m not saying that the kicking out of the 4 individuals was justified, but all of them were done eating for at least 20 minutes and not “mid-burrito”. They should have been able to stay as long as they liked since they were paying customers, but don’t sensationalize the story to get more jimmies rustled. Also neither governor ate there, so Chris Christies “get in mah belly” problem is still in check… For as far as I know.
Not only that, the manager refused to provide the customers with a refund for the burritos they purchased
So, “as far as you know” they should not have been reimbursed.
I would have made them arrest me.
Media circus indeed. The nerve.
This is why I prefer Chipotle. Less drama, More Barbacoa and Guac!
I know another place I will never eat.
Quote from the article:
“Obviously we believe Moe’s has the right to refuse service to anyone it chooses on any basis it pleases”
Are you kidding? Are you aware of the Civil Rights Act?
Civil Rights Act 1964, Title II
Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion or national origin in hotels, motels, restaurants, theaters, and all other public accommodations engaged in interstate commerce; exempted private clubs without defining the term “private”.
Quote from the article by fitnews:
“Obviously we believe Moe’s has the right to refuse service to anyone it chooses on any basis it pleases”
Are you kidding fitnews? Are you aware of the Civil Rights Act?
Civil Rights Act 1964, Title II
Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion or national origin in hotels, motels, restaurants, theaters, and all other public accommodations engaged in interstate commerce; exempted private clubs without defining the term “private”.
Republicans no longer have any idea what “America” stands for.