Roanoke Times reporter Amy Friedenberger is tweeting live from a protest outside the Red Hen in Lexington, Virginia where one screaming man is holding a sign saying “LGBT: Let God Burn Them.”
According to the reporter, one disorderly conduct arrest has already been made. As I noted yesterday, the restaurant’s owner, family, and employees have been hit with a deluge of doxxing and death threats since the ejection of Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Police have preemptively closed the street outside the Red Hen in the event the situation worsens. I’ll update this post as the things develop.
Scene outside the Red Hen. Street shut down. pic.twitter.com/rRzmivCAqB
— Amy Friedenberger (@AJFriedenberger) June 26, 2018
People are gathered on the opposite side of the road…taking selfies with The Red Hen in the background. pic.twitter.com/RYohNTuBVw
— Amy Friedenberger (@AJFriedenberger) June 26, 2018
Lexington police chief Sam Roman said there’s been one arrest: a man drove by and threw a bucket of chicken out the window and shouting things. He was charged with disorderly conduct.
— Amy Friedenberger (@AJFriedenberger) June 26, 2018
Lying on the front step pic.twitter.com/StU0bDUgfQ
— Amy Friedenberger (@AJFriedenberger) June 26, 2018
People gathered outside The Red Hen right now with Corey Stewart signs, Trump flags and signs saying “The Red Hen discriminates.” pic.twitter.com/kmaDBBp4Dw
— Amy Friedenberger (@AJFriedenberger) June 26, 2018
Owner of The Red Hen has resigned as executive director of Main Street Lexington in the aftermath of her declining service to Sarah Huckabee Sanders and asking her to leave the restaurant https://t.co/mE01T9TulS
— Amy Friedenberger (@AJFriedenberger) June 26, 2018
John Findlay, executive director of @VA_GOP, showed up with a roll of Trump stickers and was going to test if he’d get tossed from the restaurant.
The restaurant is closed today. Friends of the owner said it remained closed due to the aftermath of the incident.
— Amy Friedenberger (@AJFriedenberger) June 26, 2018
Important correction: someone threw chicken POOP out the window at The Red Hen. pic.twitter.com/6ee3oub4kh
— Amy Friedenberger (@AJFriedenberger) June 26, 2018
Something to note: the opposite side of the road are also people who identify as Republicans but don’t want to associate with people they think are “hateful” on the other side outside the Hen. There are also some liberals. pic.twitter.com/oRuCZ6cMnR
— Amy Friedenberger (@AJFriedenberger) June 26, 2018
Police say the man who threw the poo shouted “make America great again.” https://t.co/3OwneluD73
— Amy Friedenberger (@AJFriedenberger) June 26, 2018
The firefighters are out here cleaning up crap…………. pic.twitter.com/fj046Sfxwm
— Amy Friedenberger (@AJFriedenberger) June 26, 2018